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· 5/21/1997

West v. Waymire

Citations

  • 114 F.3d 646
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 11849

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • assuming without discussion that a police officer acted under color of state law when he molested a thirteen year-old girl while escorting her home after curfew
  • “The naming of the Town’s Police Department as a defendant adds nothing; it is almost certainly not a suable entity separate from the Town.”

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