WADE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 5086.

310 A.2d 857 (1973)

Coolidge WADE, Individually and as uncle and next friend of minor, Linwood Lawrence Graves, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Cooper and Marvin E. Preis, Silver Spring, Md., were on the brief for appellant.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

C. Thomas Dienes, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, appointed by this court, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois.

Robert A. W. Boraks, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union Fund, with whom Ralph J. Temple, Washington, D. C., was on the brief.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY, FICKLING, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Some years ago Margaret Graves, individually and as next friend of Linwood Lawrence Graves, her minor son, sued the District of Columbia on a complaint charging it, through several of its police officers, with an assault and battery on and a false arrest of the minor plaintiff. Thereafter, the complaint was dismissed upon motion of the District interposing the defense of governmental immunity. After...

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