Legal Opinion
Cohen v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 6, 1984No. 83-1575PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:
Harris Cohen, appellant,1 was employed as a police officer with the City of Philadelphia for approximately seven and one half years before his dismissal on May 26, 1980 for suspected participation in a burglary. After being acquitted in a criminal trial, Cohen was reinstated without back pay. He now sues the City of Philadelphia and certain of its officers claiming that they deprived him of property without due process of law in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 19832 and 19853 (Supp. V 1981). The district court granted summary judgment in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Bello v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Brady v. Town of ColchesterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Loretta E. Stana v. School District of the City of Pittsburgh and Charles N. AllebrandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Brown v. TrenchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Shaw v. ValdezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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