Legal Opinion
Jerry Michael Gordon v. Doug Norman, Harold Prows, Ken Martin (85-5175), and J. Anderson (85-5186)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1986No. 85-5175, 85-5186PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUY, Circuit Judge.
Defendants appeal a judgment in favor of plaintiff in a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleged deprivation of a liberty interest without due process of law in that defendants used excessive force in effecting his arrest and conspired to prosecute him on false charges. Defendants, all police officers with the Knoxville, Tennessee, Police Department, alleged that plaintiff resisted arrest and that they utilized reasonable force in subduing him.
On July 15, 1983, at approximately 2:00 a.m., a vehicle driven by plaintiff, was pulled over by…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Sheila L. Logan v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, a Minnesota Corporation Kellermeyer Building Services, Inc., an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Patterson v. BalsamicoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Patterson v. BalsamicoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Kenneth G. Hicks, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Brown Group, Inc., D/B/A Brown Shoe Company, Inc., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Wilson v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
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