Legal Opinion
Rhoden v. Department of Public Safety
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 24, 1996No. A96A0527PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Harold R. Banke.
In this civil rights action, Carmen Rhoden and George Huff sued Officers J. W. Knox and W. H. Mays of the Atlanta Police Department, several unnamed deputies, the City of Atlanta, and the Georgia Department of Public Safety, alleging Fourth Amendment violations as well as state law claims of malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, malicious arrest, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence. After the trial court dismissed the claim against the Department of Public Safety on sovereign immunity grounds and the…
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