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NYDAM v. LENNERTON

No. 91-1395.

948 F.2d 808 (1991)

Raymond G. NYDAM, Executor, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Joseph LENNERTON, Jr., etc., and Joseph F. Fontaine, etc., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin B. Coyle with whom Coyle, Dunbar & Geoffrion, Springfield, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Jacob Oppewal, Whitinsville, Mass., for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOUGHLIN, Senior District Judge.

LOUGHLIN, Senior District Judge.

This action is brought by Raymond Nydam, son and executor of the estate of Peter E. Nydam. Named as defendants were Joseph Lennerton Jr. and Joseph Fontaine, both Leicester police officers, the Town of Leicester, Leicester's Chief of Police and individual members of the Board of Selectmen. Suit was brought alleging police misconduct, use of excessive force, false arrest and violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law negligence...

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