another murder rap for the cops

Naomi B. Hughes, Administratrix of the Estate of Stanley Wayne Hughes, Deceased, Walter D. Blankenship, Kenneth Madden, Sgt. Arthur T. Christianson, and Lt. Arlington County Police David T. Reiten, Appellees, and County of Fairfax, Virginia, County of Arlington, Virginia, County of Fairfax Board of Supervisors, County of Arlington Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County Police Department, Arlington County Police Department, Richard A. King, Police Chief of Fairfax County, William Stover, Police Chief of Arlington County, John Doe, John Doe, Defendants.
No. 80-1427
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, FOURTH CIRCUIT
672 F.2d 403; 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 21303
November 3, 1981, Argued
March 3, 1982, Decided
PRIOR HISTORY: [**1] Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., District Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

PROCEDURAL POSTURE: Appellant, administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, challenged a judgment from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria, which held that police officers, who had mistakenly shot her son,