Legal Opinion
DePass v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 19, 1979No. Civ. A. N-78-2000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, Derrick Anthony DePass, brought this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case concerns the detention of the plaintiff at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) on January 6 & 7, 1976 by officers and employees of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, the United States Customs Service, the Maryland Aviation Administration, the Maryland Department of Transportation, Eastern Airlines, Inc., and Burns Security, Inc. for the plaintiff’s alleged failure to offer…
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