Legal Opinion
Barry Eric Floyd v. Richard J. Farrell, Jr., Individually and in His Capacity as a Trooper for the New Hampshire State Police
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 19, 1985No. 84-2031PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by Barry Floyd against Richard Farrell, a trooper for the New Hampshire State Police. Floyd alleged that Farrell had intentionally and maliciously arrested him on the felony charge of receiving stolen property in the absence of any probable cause to believe such a felony had been committed and had then caused bail to be set at the sum of $5,000, which resulted in Floyd’s incarceration for eleven days. Farrell moved for summary judgment on the ground that, even if the record was viewed in the light most favorable…
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