LANGEVINE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 96-7057.

106 F.3d 1018 (1997)

Shirley P. LANGEVINE, Appellee, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Assistant Corporation Counsel, argued the cause, Washington, DC, for appellants. Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Edward E. Schwab, Washington, DC, Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on the briefs.

James C. Duda, Springfield, MA, argued the cause for appellee, with whom Jerry S. Fowler, Jr. and Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, DC, were on the brief.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, HENDERSON and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:

This case arose out of Shirley P. Langevine's arrest for disorderly conduct by two Metropolitan Police Department officers who had stopped Langevine for speeding. Langevine sued the officers and the District of Columbia ("defendants") for common-law false arrest, false imprisonment, and...

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