Legal Opinion
A. Douglas Thompson v. Richard Olson, Franklin Noiles, and Stephen Robinson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 19, 1986No. 85-1982PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we must determine whether the District Court erred in holding three police officers liable on a state-based (Maine) claim of false imprisonment on the grounds that they breached a duty to conduct a post-arrest investigation which would have tended to negate their initial finding of probable cause. We must further determine whether the District Court correctly ruled that one of those officers was liable to the plaintiff under § 1983 for conduct which “shocks the conscience” based on the officer’s abrupt dismissal of plaintiff’s medically based,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Davidson v. CannonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by55 opinions
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