Legal Opinion
Hegarty v. Somerset County
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 1995No. 94-1473, 94-1474, 94-1517PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
On May 15, 1992, state and county law enforcement officers forcibly entered a remote cabin in the Maine woods, without a warrant, and mortally wounded plaintiffs decedent, Katherine A. Hegarty, while attempting to arrest her for recklessly endangering the safety of four campers. Plaintiff John M. Hegarty initiated the present action in federal district court for compensatory and punitive damages against the defendant officers and their respective supervisors, based on alleged violations of the Hegartys’ statutory and constitutional rights. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1992);…
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