Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Murphy
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 29, 1993No. 92-CV-283PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
The District, petitioning for rehearing, contends that we erred in affirming the judgment on the jury’s verdict awarding Murphy $260,000 in damages on his claim for false arrest. See District of Columbia v. Murphy, 631 A.2d 34 (D.C.1993).
I
The District argues that we erroneously based our decision exclusively upon our conclusions from the record that (1) the jury reasonably could have found that the police officer defendants lacked a reasonable, good faith belief that their conduct was lawful, and that (2) the officers accordingly lacked a defense to Murphy’s false…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wade v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- District of Columbia v. MurphyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Henderson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Welch v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
3Cited by27 opinions
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- Scales v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- Enders v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
- Hargraves v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
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