Charles S. McWilliams v. Interstate Bakeries, Inc.

The plaintiff, Charles McWilliams, originally filed this suit in the Georgia state court, alleging that the defendant, Interstate Bakeries, had, through its employee, falsely imprisoned him. The defendant had the case removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia where trial was held without a jury. The district court found for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

On August 6, 1966, plaintiff and his son entered a store owned by the defendant. Mrs. Hill, an employee, recognized plaintiff as the person who had indecently exposed himself before her on August…