Legal Opinion
Crane v. Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1985No. 83-1650PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
On behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Stephen Crane brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988, and the common law of Texas, against the State of Texas, Dallas County, the judges *414of the Dallas County Criminal Courts, the Dallas County Clerk, the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney, the City of Dallas, and divers Dallas police officers. The gravamen of his complaint was that Dallas County regularly issued misdemeanor capias without a finding of probable cause by a neutral and detached magistrate in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth…
2Cases cited107 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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