Legal Opinion
Dewell v. Lawson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1974No. 73-1157PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
Douglas Dewell brought this suit against the City of Oklahoma City and Wayne Lawson, its Chief of Police, for alleged violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, in that he was deprived of rights guaranteeed him by the First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The trial court sustained the appellees’ Motions to Dismiss without any memorandum of its reasons.
In testing the validity of the trial court’s order of dismissal, we must assume that the facts alleged in appellant Dewell’s Amended Complaint are true.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by109 opinions
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