Legal Opinion
Clipse v. Gillis
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 17, 1978No. 4764-1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDore, J.
Chester Clipse sued Michael Gillis and Kathleen McChesney for negligence and false imprisonment. He appeals from a summary judgment of dismissal. We affirm.
This suit arises from the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of Clipse on a charge of rape. On October 3, 1973, a woman reported that she was raped in the back of a camper truck by a man who had given her and her cousin a ride as they hitchhiked near the Seattle-Tacoma airport. Detectives Gillis and McChesney of the King County Department of Public Safety were assigned to investigate the alleged rape.
The officers were given a…
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