Legal Opinion
Edgar v. Wagner
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1985No. 16002PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant Richard T. Edgar brought this action against respondent District Attorney Richard Wagner and others under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages for deprivation of due process caused by his arrest, incarceration, a prosecution against him and a newspaper publication of the arrest. Appellant was arrested, incarcerated and charged for violating fish and game laws; when an error in his identification was discovered, the charges against appellant were dismissed and the newspaper corrected the report of the arrest.
Appellant alleged in the complaint that respondent assisted an agent of…
3Cases cited8 opinions
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- Robert G. Beard v. Stephen G. UdallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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