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STADIUM FILMS, INC. v. BAILLARGEON

No. 76-1129.

542 F.2d 577 (1976)

STADIUM FILMS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph R. BAILLARGEON, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Boren, Providence, R.I., with whom Jordan Stanzler, Milton Stanzler and Abedon, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Aram P. Jarret, Jr., Asst. City Sol., Woonsocket, R.I., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This case presents a narrow question about the propriety of a directed verdict granted to police officers who were sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for seizing a number of films pursuant to search warrants which they allegedly knew to be constitutionally deficient. Defendants are two commanders of the Woonsocket (R.I.) police force who participated in procuring the warrants, and the chief of police. Plaintiffs...

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