Legal Opinion

Wedgeworth v. Harris

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Decided April 19, 1984No. 83-C-76-2-SPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHABAZ, District Judge.

Before the Court are separate motions for summary judgment on behalf of, respectively, defendant Charles Harris and the City of Madison, along with unnamed officers, agents and employees of the City. Plaintiff brought this action against the defendants, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for an alleged deprivation of constitutional rights. The questions presented by the motions are, first, whether a sexual assault by an on-duty police officer constitutes a violation of constitutional rights, and second, whether, under the facts of this case, the officer’s…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Holytz v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Coffey v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. James R. Brooks v. D.R. Scheib, City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  2. Sheridan v. City of JanesvilleCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1991
  3. Jones v. ZieglerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1995
  4. Pfeifer v. Sentry InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1990
  5. Linda K. Wood v. Steven C. Ostrander Neil MaloneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989

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