Legal Opinion
Jules Gassner v. City of Garland, Texas, M.L. Bates
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1989No. 88-1225PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Jules Gassner filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Garland, Texas, and M.L. Bates, a police officer employed by the city, alleging, inter alia, that Bates arrested him without probable cause and used excessive force in making the arrest, in violation of his rights under the fourth and fourteenth amendments and state law. The district court dismissed the case as to the city, but denied Bates’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that no reasonable police officer could have believed that there was probable cause to arrest Gassner…
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