Legal Opinion
Emerson v. Borland
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided September 18, 1996No. 03-95-00023-CVPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Justice.
Appellee H. Scott Borland sued appellants Ernest A. Emerson, Quay Wood, Brian McRae, Glenn Zoch, and Louis diDonato for damages arising out of his arrest and imprisonment for five days following appellants’ determination that the portable fire extinguishers he was selling were illegal for sale in Texas. At trial, Borland prevailed on claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and on a state common-law tort claim for false imprisonment. Based on the jury’s findings, the trial court rendered judgment that Borland recover from…
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3Cited by25 opinions
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