Legal Opinion
Darryl Williams v. The City of Boston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 25, 1986No. 85-1016PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this case we determine whether the City of Boston and some of its highest officials are liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 for the tragic shooting of a young black student while he participated in an interscholastic football game at Charlestown High School in 1979. Darryl Williams was shot, allegedly by “unknown white persons,” and paralyzed for life. He and his family1 2 filed suit alleging that the defendants negligently failed to protect Williams from racial violence at the game when they “knew or should have known that holding an interracial athletic event in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Christopher v. HarburySupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Desiderio Cartagena and Domingo Alvarez, Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Pedro N. Soto and Edwin F. GotayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Suzanne Germany v. Carol Vance, Suzanne Germany v. Carol VanceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Wilson v. MeeksCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Norman Knight v. Mark J. Mills, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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