Legal Opinion
Sopp v. Gehrlein
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 10, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 1044PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, District Judge.
In this civil action plaintiff Margaret Sopp invokes the jurisdiction of the Court under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. The plaintiff charges the five named defendants with violation of her civil rights as protected in the statute cited in that they under color of law in their official capacities as officials of the City of Erie deprived plaintiff of her civil liberties and immunities guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment. The complaint is unnumbered, but divided into two parts under I and II. At the conclusion of I, it is averred as follows:
“Chester J. Miller was acting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Mrs. Lola Hornsby v. Ivan Allen, Mayor of the City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Leslie George Wakat v. Peter F. Harlib, Irwin Haviland, Harold T. Thompsen, Thomas J. Murphy and Thomas v. LyonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
- Mueller v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Clarence E. Watson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Margaret S. Rodriguez v. Donald E. RitcheyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Daly v. PedersenDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1967
- Barrett v. Craven County Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1976
- Nacirema Operating Co. v. LynnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Sopp v. GehrleinDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
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