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SAULS v. HUTTO

Civ. A. No. 16409.

304 F.Supp. 124 (1969)

Ethel Bartlett SAULS, Plaintiff, v. James HUTTO and Frederick C. Ruppert, Jr., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

July 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

August J. Bubert, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Beuker F. Amann, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

RUBIN, District Judge:

A police officer who shot and killed a fleeing seventeen-year-old suspected of committing a felony is here sued for damages. The suit raises the question of justification for the use of deadly force in contemporary society.

I. FACTS

On March 21, 1965, at about 10:00 p. m., two police officers, James Hutto and Frederick C. Ruppert, Jr., were operating Patrol Car 54. They drove to an ice cream parlor to investigate a complaint...

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