Legal Opinion
Howes v. Hitchcock
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 9, 1999No. Civ.A. 98-10546-PBSPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SARIS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This case arises out of the warrantless police entry of a private residence to end an underage, unsupervised drinking party. In March 1998, plaintiffs Pauline Howes and her son Alexander Howes brought suit against three police officers and their employer, the Town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of their Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable entries into their home. At the close of the trial against the individual defendants, the jury returned a verdict for the police officers.
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2Cases cited49 opinions
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