MORRISON v. FOX

No. 81-1388.

660 F.2d 87 (1981)

Clarence MORRISON v. Barry FOX, individually and as a detective in the Police Department of the City of Pittsburgh, et al. Appeal of Sanford M. ADERSON and Mark S. Frank, Attorneys for Clarence Morrison.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Steiner, Aderson, Frank & Steiner, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Robert B. Smith, Asst. City Sol., Mead J. Mulvihill, Jr., City Sol., A. Bryan Campbell, Mansmann, Beggy & Campbell, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee City of Pittsburgh.

Before GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and STERN, District Judge.


Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) September 18, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied October 29, 1981.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Clarence Morrison brought suit against the City of Pittsburgh and several of its police officers pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a false arrest growing out of a child custody dispute between a police officer and his former wife. The police officers were named both individually...

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