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OCASIO v. BRYAN

No. 16391.

374 F.2d 11 (1967)

Cruz OCASIO, Suzanna Santana and Rose L. E. Thomas, Appellants, v. Ethelbert BRYAN, Olga Bailey and Samuel Caines, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Tonkin, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellants.

Peter J. O'Dea, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for appellees.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and MARIS and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

Argued at Christiansted February 3, 1967.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

The court below dismissed without prejudice the action for damages brought by appellants against three police officers under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1986) on the ground that § 2(b) of the 1954 Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (Act of July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68 Stat. 497, 1 V.I. Code Annot. CII, 48 U.S.C. §...

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