# Dellums v. Powell

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · August 4, 1977 · 566 F.2d 216

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7838522

## Case

- **Full name:** Honorable Ronald V. DELLUMS v. James M. POWELL, Chief, United States Capitol Police Appeal of Jerry V. WILSON, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department, and District of Columbia
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** August 4, 1977
- **Citations:** 566 F.2d 216; 184 U.S. App. D.C. 324; 23 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1368; 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12164
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Tamm
- **Judges:** Leven, Tamm, Thal, Wright
- **Cited by:** 65 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Questioned by Thomas v. District of Columbia, 82 F.R.D. 93 (1979).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7838522

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the borrowed servant doctrine is inappo-site where the District of Columbia and United States engage in mutual or joint law enforcement action
- stating that the claims of the class representative must be typical of the class as a whole
- noting that “the borrowed servant doctrine . . . conceives of authoritative direction and control vesting in one master to the exclusion of the other” (emphasis added)
- noting that in the criminal context, “the critical event triggering liability for malicious prosecution is the filing of an information”

## Opinion text

TAMM, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Dellums v. Powell, 184 U.S.App.D.C. 275 , 566 F.2d 167 (1977).

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