Legal Opinion
Modesto Cruz v. Peter Donnelly, John Adams, a & P Food Stores and William Rayburn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 10, 1984No. 83-1437PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of an operator of a retail food store and its employee who were sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after two police officers, acting at the request of the company’s employee, stripped and searched the plaintiff for stolen goods. The case requires us to clarify the current law governing § 1983 liability of private parties who participate in an allegedly unconstitutional police investigation.
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While shopping at an A & P store, the plaintiff, Modesto Cruz, aroused the suspicion of store employees. They in turn called…
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