Legal Opinion
Robert Beck v. City of Pittsburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 22, 1996No. 95-3328PublishedCited by 450 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises a question of considerable interest in this period of alleged rising pohce brutahty in major cities across the country: 1 when does an aggrieved citizen adduce sufficient evidence to a jury from which it can infer that a municipality has adopted a custom of permitting its pohce officers to use excessive force in the performance of their duties. Specifically, we must determine if the plaintiff, Robert G. Beck, presented sufficient evidence to withstand a motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil…
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