Legal Opinion
Kathy St. Hilaire, Etc. v. City of Laconia
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 1995No. 95-1463PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A tragic sequence of events leaving Philip St. Hilaire dead from wounds from a police bullet and leaving law enforcement officers and their municipal employers sued by his widow brings this case before us. The district court entered summary judgment against the widow’s action under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, finding that the officers were protected by qualified immunity. Mrs. St. Hi-laire appeals, saying there are genuine disputes of material fact and that the officers abrogated clearly established constitutional rights. We hold that while there are disputes of fact, those…
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