Legal Opinion
Tanner v. Hardy
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1985No. 84-6192PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
James Dale Tanner, the plaintiff, has reason to complain, but the central issue raised by his appeal from a grant of summary judgment to the defendants is whether those who have been selected as defendants can be held liable in damages.
Following arrest on June 16, 1968, Tanner was charged with rape and incarcerated pending trial. His trial before the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County, Maryland, resulted in a conviction for which he was sentenced to a prison term of eight years counting from June 16, 1968. The Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County sent Tanner to the…
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