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PITRONE v. MERCADANTE

Civ. No. 75-2455.

420 F.Supp. 1384 (1976)

John David PITRONE v. Police Officer Louis J. MERCADANTE et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Lee Weinrebe, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Henry J. Horstmann, Philadelphia, Pa., for Township of Warminster.

Elliot M. Drexler, Warminster, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

I. Introduction and Factual Background

Plaintiff filed this civil rights action against the Township of Warminster, Pennsylvania, its chief of police and various named and unnamed police officers, alleging their responsibility for his unconstitutional arrest, detention and beating. The complaint, as amended, rests on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourth and Eighth Amendments as applied to the states through...

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