Legal Opinion
Melvin Carter v. John R. Carlson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 23, 1971No. 23225PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint v/hich raises several important questions concerning the remedies for the torts of a police officer. For the purpose of testing the sufficiency of the complaint, the court must of course accept the allegations as true.1
The complaint alleged that in 1968 one police officer Carlson arrested appellant Carter without probable cause in a bar and, as Carter was being held by two other officers, proceeded to beat him with brass knuckles. The complaint further alleged that Carlson’s precinct captain, and the Chief of Police, and…
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