Legal Opinion
Meshkov v. Abington Township
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 15, 1981No. Civ. A. 79-1388PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
Before the Court in this civil rights action is the motion to dismiss of various defendants. The plaintiff, Stanley Meshkov, is the father and the administrator of the estate of Glenn Meshkov, who hanged himself in a detention cell at the Abington Police Department on February 27, 1978. The plaintiff initially filed this action against Abing-ton Township (Township) and five of the police officers on the Township’s force in their individual and official capacities. The five police officers named in the complaint were Chief Mooney, Corporal Dean,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by21 opinions
- James Thibodeaux v. James Bordelon, Linda BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Spell v. McDanielDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Brewer v. PerrinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1984
- Juncker v. TinneyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1982
- Roy E. Daniels v. Andrew Williams, DeputyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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