Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Cahill
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1960No. 16265PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant filed a complaint in the District Court alleging that defendants, acting under color of state custom or usage, deprived him of rights guaranteed by the federal Constitution. See 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
Appellant’s complaint declared that two of the defendants had fraudulently gained entrance to appellant’s hotel room while he was in bed, that they forced him to get dressed and to accompany them to the police station, that they searched the room and his luggage and his personal papers against his will, that he was detained at the police station for four or five…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Curry v. MacKenzieNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Sprague v. VogtCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Neal v. Bank of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- Latta v. Western Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Leo Mantin v. Broadcast Music, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Sheila Payne, Next Best Friend of Franklin Payne, a Minor v. Government of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Robert Harris v. Frank J. Pate, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Roberts v. PepersackDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1966
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,058 Lawrence Rosenbloom v. Adams, Scott & Conway, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Jassim Mohamed Thunayan Alghanim v. The Boeing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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