Legal Opinion
Woodruff v. City of Tuscaloosa
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 17, 2012No. 1110355PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUART, Justice.
John Woodruff appeals the order of the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court dismissing his malicious-prosecution, false-imprisonment, and tort-of-outrage claims against the City of Tuscaloosa (“the City”) and several of its employees. We affirm.
I
On October 16, 2006, Woodruff went to the Tuscaloosa Police Department headquarters to resolve a warrant that had been sworn against him for harassing communications. See § 13A-11-8, Ala.Code 1975 (describing what constitutes the Class C misdemeanor offense of harassing communications). After presenting himself, Woodruff was arrested and…
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