COMMONWEALTH OF PA. EX REL. FEILING v. SINCAVAGE

No. 19086.

439 F.2d 1133 (1971)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ex rel. Francis FEILING and Jean Feiling, Appellants v. Charles SINCAVAGE, State Police Officer; Joseph Sauders, State Police Officer; Anthony Cancilla, Castle Shannon Police Officer, and Officer Miller, Castle Shannon Police Officer.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Feiling, pro se.

John J. Hickton, Dougherty, Larrimer, Lee & Hickton, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Anthony Cancilla and Officer Miller.

Patrick H. Washington, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., for Charles Sincavage and Joseph Sauders.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and ADAMS and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Appellants brought a civil action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three police officers, seeking actual and punitive damages for a search of their home. In a non-jury trial the district court found that the search had been conducted in a reasonable manner in the execution of a search warrant procured in good faith, 313 F.Supp. 967. This finding is not...

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