Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. City of Wilmington
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 20, 1985No. Civ. A. 82-677 MMSPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Warren A. Hopkins has brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging his dismissal from the Wilmington Police Department (“the Department”). Defendants are the City of Wilmington 1 and three Police Department employees—John Johnson, George Lam-born, and Dennis Regan. 2 All are sued in their individual and official capacities.
The seeds for this action were sown on March 26, 1982, when Hopkins was arrested on drug charges and immediately suspended without pay from his position as sergeant on the police force. After…
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- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by6 opinions
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