Legal Opinion
Jonas v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1981No. 80-7070PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Peggy Jonas and her son Samuel Jonas brought these Section 1983 suits against the *582City of Atlanta and City of Atlanta police officers Martha E. Wallace, “John” f.n.u. Satterfield, S. A. Cumberworth, and W. A. Wallace. From adverse judgments, plaintiffs appeal.
The following is a fair summary of the evidence presented at trial. At about one a. m. on February 19, 1978, defendant Sat-terfield, acting in his capacity as a City of Atlanta police officer, was patrolling the downtown Atlanta area. He received a radio call informing him that an attempted robbery of…
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