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BECK v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH

No. 95-3328.

89 F.3d 966 (1996)

Robert BECK, Appellant, v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin E. Fitch (argued), Marriner & Crumrine, Washington, PA, for Appellant.

Virginia S. Scott, Assistant City Solicitor (argued), Jacqueline R. Morrow, City Solicitor, City of Pittsburgh, Department of Law, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee.

Before SLOVITER, Chief Judge, SAROKIN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises a question of considerable interest in this period of alleged rising police brutality in major cities across the country:1 when does an aggrieved citizen adduce sufficient evidence to a jury from which it can infer that a municipality has adopted a custom of permitting its police officers to use excessive force in the performance of their duties. Specifically, we...

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