Legal Opinion
Saffron v. Wilson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 2, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 74-79PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILLIAM B. JONES, District Judge.
This is an action seeking damages and declaratory or injunctive relief for alleged deprivation of plaintiff’s constitutional rights under the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments,1 mental suffering, and humiliation resulting from his arrest on January 20, 1973, Inauguration Day, in the vicinity of Jackson Place and H *54Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia. Plaintiff states that he was arrested by Metropolitan Police officers on a charge of “failure to move on,” 22 D.C.Code § 1121(2), when he attempted to gain access to the south sidewalk…
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- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Shirley DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otto E. PASSMAN, Congressman of the United States, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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- Thornwell v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1979
- Thurman v. City of TorringtonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1984
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