Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Washington v. Chester County Police Department
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1969No. Civ. A. 68-2300PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
The plaintiffs have applied for leave to file and prosecute a claim under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., without payment of court costs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Fairly summarized, Lawrence Washington and his wife claim substantial damages for a severe beating subsequent to their arrest on May 28, 1968. They allege that racial slurs were used during the arrest and beating, that Mrs. Washington was clubbed trying to retrieve her child, and that when Lawrence Washington went to her aid “rains of blows” fell upon him.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert M. Lee, Jr. v. People of the State of Illinois, City of Chicago Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Kelly v. Butler County Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
3Cited by8 opinions
- Scott v. University of DelawareDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1974
- Maybanks v. IngrahamDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- MacK v. LewisDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1969
- Robinson v. ConliskDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1974
- Boyd v. SHAWNEE MISSION PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ETC.District Court, D. Kansas · 1981
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