District of Columbia v. Carter

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1973-02-26

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Mr. Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. On February 12, 1969, respondent filed this civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that in 1968 Police Officer John R. Carlson of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia arrested him without probable cause and, while he was being hel…

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