Tomas Menchaca and Wife, Irma Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1980-03-07

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INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge: This appeal emerges from a dispute surrounding the presence of the defendant police officers during the course of a repossession of plaintiffs’ automobile by agents of defendant Chrysler Credit Corporation. Plaintiffs’ civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was the subject of a motion to dismiss for lack of the requisite subject matter jurisdiction. The dist…

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