Thurman v. City of Torrington
| Tracy Thurman v. City of Torrington | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut |
| Full case name | Tracy Thurman v. City of Torrington, et al |
| Decided | June 25 1985 |
| Citation | 595 F.Supp. 1521 (C.D.1 1984) |
| Holding | |
| Local police of the City of Torrington ignored domestic violence reports pertaining to the husband of Tracey Thurman and further failed to enforce a court ordered restraining order. The court further finds that the City of Torrington did not maintain a standard policy of legal discrimination against all women. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Senior District Judge Blumenfeld |
| Laws applied | |
| Connecticut Family Violence Prevention and Response Act of 1986 | |
Thurman v. City of Torrington, DC, 595 F.Supp. 1521 (1985) was a court decision concerning Tracey Thurman, a Connecticut homemaker who sued the city police department in Torrington, Connecticut, and claimed a failure of equal protection under the law against her abusive husband Charles "Buck" Thurman, Sr.