LIUZZO v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 79-72564.

508 F.Supp. 923 (1981)

Anthony LIUZZO, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan S. D.

February 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack D. Novik, American Civil Liberties Foundation, New York City, for plaintiffs.

L. Michael Wicks, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., John J. Farley, Asst. Director, Mark J. Kurzmann, Trial Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOINER, District Judge.

This case is before the court on three motions: defendant's motion to dismiss; plaintiffs' motion to amend the complaint; and plaintiffs' motion to compel. In this suit, plaintiffs seek damages from the United States for the death of their mother, Viola Liuzzo, a civil rights worker who was murdered in 1965.

The facts of this case are reported in detail in an earlier opinion of this court, Liuzzo...

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