Legal Opinion
Tomas Rodriguez v. Clarence Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1973No. 72-2135PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
On February 15, 1971, three Dallas County deputy sheriffs were shot and killed in West Dallas, Texas. The suspected killers, Guzman and Lopez, were subsequently apprehended. In the meanwhile, Tomas Rodriguez and his wife were wounded by Texas law officials by gunfire on February 18, 1971, when they forcibly entered the Rodriguez residence in the mistaken belief that Guzman and Lopez, the murder suspects, were on the premises.
As a result of their injuries Tomas and Austraberta Rodriguez and their eight children filed this civil rights complaint for damages under 42…
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