Legal Opinion

Starstead v. City of Superior

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Decided March 16, 1982No. 80-C-235PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action brought against the City of Superior, the Chief of Police, the Mayor, and two officers of the Superior Police Department. Claiming that each has been intentionally subjected to attack by defendants’ police dogs without reasonable cause for their use, plaintiffs allege violations of their rights guaranteed under the Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985.

Plaintiffs seek monetary relief for these alleged constitutional and statutory violations and also seek monetary…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Chew v. GatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  2. Stevens v. RifkinDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1984
  3. Begg v. MoffittDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
  4. Eddy v. City of MiamiDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1989
  5. Sprague v. City of BurleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1985

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