WILLHAUCK v. HALPIN

No. 89-1469.

919 F.2d 788 (1990)

Francis A. WILLHAUCK, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Paul HALPIN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Hahn with whom Han & Matkov, Boston, Mass., was on brief for appellant.

Gary J. Mena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Middleton, Mass., with whom James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., Boston, was on brief, for appellee Metropolitan Dist. Com'n.

John P. Flynn with whom Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, Quincy, Mass., was on brief for appellees Paul Halpin, the Town of Milton, John Moriarty, Robert Galvin and James Rogers.

Before BOWNES, Circuit Judge, BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:

In July 1982, the Willhaucks filed this multi-party, multi-claim action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various police officers and municipal entities, 16 defendants in all, involved in a late-night, high-speed chase through the city and outskirts of Boston and in a related subsequent intrusion into the Willhaucks' home.1 At various times during the extended pre-trial proceedings and at trial the...

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