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ROBERTS v. TRAPNELL

Civ. A. No. 29987.

213 F.Supp. 47 (1962)

Christopher ROBERTS, a minor, by his father and natural guardian, Howard S. Roberts, and Howard S. Roberts, in his own right v. William TRAPNELL, Jr., and Commissioners of Lower Merion Township.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Hannum, 3rd, and William M. Keenan, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Smillie, Bean, Davis & Tredinnick, Morristown, Pa., for defendant Trapnell.

John J. McDevitt, 3rd, Philadelphia, Pa., for Comrs. of Lower Merion Township.

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

This cause of action was brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 19831 and alleges that the minor plaintiff was deprived of the privileges and immunities guaranteed to him by the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The Complaint alleges that the minor was shot by the individual defendant, a police officer of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, without any just cause...

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