Melvin Carter v. John R. Carlson

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1971-07-23

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BAZELON, Chief Judge. This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint v/hich raises several important questions concerning the remedies for the torts of a police officer. For the purpose of testing the sufficiency of the complaint, the court must of course accept the allegations as true. 1 The complaint alleged that in 1968 on…

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