LANDRIGAN v. CITY OF WARWICK

No. 80-1053.

628 F.2d 736 (1980)

Bruce B. LANDRIGAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF WARWICK et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Y. Chaika, Cranston, R.I., for plaintiff, appellant.

Edward J. Regan, Providence, R.I., with whom Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Providence, R.I., was on brief, for Town of East Greenwich.

William J. Toohey, Warwick, R.I., for City of Warwick.

Joseph W. Monahan, III, Boston, Mass., with whom Frank E. Reardon, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Thomas R. Joyce.

Amato A. DeLuca, Warwick, R.I., with whom Sandra A. Blanding and Revens & DeLuca Ltd., Warwick, R.I., were on brief, for William J. McElroy.

William Poore, Pawtucket, R.I., for Melvin C. Angilly.

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


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff's civil rights complaint1 against the City of Warwick, the Town of East Greenwich, police officer McElroy of the Warwick Department, and officers Angilly and Joyce of the East Greenwich Department alleged, inter alia, a conspiracy among the defendants to cover up and legitimize Officer McElroy's alleged use of excessive force against plaintiff. A pendent state tort count was included....

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