Legal Opinion
Shirey v. Bensalem Township
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 21, 1980No. Civ. A. 80-2428PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEWCOMER, District Judge.
The issue before the Court is the sufficiency of the Complaint filed by Gerald A. Shirey, Stephen McCullough, William R. Hamilton, and Donna L. Hamilton, against 9 municipalities, 6 police chiefs, and certain unknown John Doe defendants.
The complaint sets forth the following factual scenario: (1) on the evenings of June 23, 1979, and June 24, 1979, police officers and other agents of various municipalities in lower Bucks County unlawfully stopped and, in certain cases, brutalized citizens who were traveling in or through the area; (2) the alleged…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Agresta v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Pokrandt v. ShieldsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
- Shirey v. Bensalem TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Iseley v. Bucks CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- White v. TalboysDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1983
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