DELLUMS v. POWELL

No. 75-1975.

566 F.2d 216 (1977)

Honorable Ronald V. DELLUMS et al. v. James M. POWELL, Chief, United States Capitol Police, et al. Appeal of Jerry V. WILSON, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department, and District of Columbia.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants. C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellants.

Warren K. Kaplan, Washington, D. C., with whom Lawrence H. Mirel, Ralph J. Temple, Mary A. McReynolds, and Kenneth V. Handal, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Dissenting statement filed by TAMM, Circuit Judge.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

In this companion case to Dellums v. Powell, 184 U.S.App.D.C. ___, 566 F.2d 167, No. 75-1974 (1977) (Dellums I), we consider appeals taken by Metropolitan Police Chief Jerry V. Wilson and the District of Columbia from a final judgment entered on jury verdicts...

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