Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. Sowa
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided August 13, 1984No. Civ. A. C83-1197PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.
This civil rights action alleges violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986, and includes pendent state tort claims for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and defamation of character. The plaintiffs, Madonna Buchanan, Deborah A. Young, and Rosa Colon, assert that an allegedly unlawful arrest by Cleveland police officers Ignatius A. Sowa and George Deli deprived them of their constitutional rights to liberty and property without due process of law. Also named as defendants are the City of Cleveland, police chief William…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
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