Legal Opinion
Maiorana v. MacDonald
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 18, 1979No. Nos. 78-1424, 78-1425PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff is the mother of Anthony C. Maiorana who was shot and killed in the course of an arrest on February 15,1974, by local, state and federal law enforcement officers. As administratrix of her son’s estate, she brought two actions for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution.1 The first complaint was filed against *1074Massachusetts State Police Officers James Jajuga, Robert J. Long, and Ronald Guil-mette; the second, against Robert D. MacDonald, a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,…
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