Legal Opinion
Francis Spadafore and Carol Spadafore v. Chet Gardner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. 01-2087PublishedCited by 292 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This action, filed by Francis Spadafore and his wife, Carol Spadafore, stems from an incident just outside their home in Detroit where gunshots were fired at Francis Spadafore by two Detroit police officers. The Spadafores sued a total of nine offi cers in their individual capacities for violations of both state and federal law, alleging in part that the officers had acted in concert to cover up their wrongful acts. After granting summary judgment that dismissed all of the Spadafores’ federal claims, the district court remanded the case to state court for…
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