Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Layne
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1998No. Nos. 96-1185, 96-1188PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judges NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS joined. Judge WIDENER wrote a concurring opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Judges ERVIN, HAMILTON, MICHAEL, and MOTZ joined.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
Charles H. Wilson and Geraldine E. Wilson (the Wilsons)1 brought this action against federal and state law enforcement officers and others not pertinent to this appeal. The Wilsons allege that their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were vio*113lated when officers…
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