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Francis Spadafore and Carol Spadafore v. Chet Gardner

6th CircuitJune 3, 2003No. 01-2087Cited 277 times
Defendant WinDetroit Police Department

Case Details

Judge(s)
Kennedy, Siler, Gilman
Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
6th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Outcome

The appellate court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing all federal § 1983 claims against the individual police officers. The court found the Spadafores failed to adequately plead a § 1983 conspiracy claim and that state law claims were remanded to state court.

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