Landry v. Dood

CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, W.S.

Plaintiff, Gerald Roy Landry, filed suit against defendants Robert Dood, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Rossville, Tennessee, and the City of Rossville, Tennessee, claiming deprivation of his constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (West 1994), as well as other theories of liability. Prior to trial plaintiff waived or abandoned all theories of liability except those claims arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case was tried by the court sitting without a jury and, at the close of plaintiffs proof, defendants moved…