Legal Opinion
Grazier Ex Rel. White v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 9, 2003No. 01-3284PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Dwayne Campbell and Tierra Grazier brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Philadelphia police officers Thomas Hood and Anthony Swinton as well as the City of Philadelphia. They allege that Hood and Swinton violated their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by shooting at them in the course of a traffic stop and that the City failed to train these officers properly. At the close of the plaintiffs’ case-in-chief, the District Court granted judgment as a matter of law for the City on the basis that the plaintiffs could not satisfy the stringent…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by72 opinions
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