Legal Opinion
Piotrowski v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1995No. 93-02938PublishedCited by 254 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Barbra Piotrowski appeals the district court’s dismissal of her civil rights suit against the City of Houston (the “City”), 1 which she brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). We modify and affirm.
I
In 1980, gunmen shot Barbra Piotrowski in an attempt to kill her. 2 According to Pio-trowski’s complaint, Rick Waring told officers of the Houston Police Department five weeks prior to the shooting that Dudley Bell had solicited him to murder Piotrowski. 3 The officers allegedly told Waring that they would investigate his information and instructed him not to warn…
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3Cited by254 opinions
- Lawrence H. Ramming v. United States of America, John Thomas Cloud v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Piotrowski v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Cuvillier v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- Peter Clayton McClendon v. City of Columbia, City of Columbia James R. CarneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Priester v. Lowndes CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
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