Legal Opinion
Bagsby v. St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided February 14, 1992No. 88-1922 C (5)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LIMBAUGH, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for attorney’s fees. Defendant filed a memorandum in opposition to plaintiffs’ motion to which plaintiffs replied.
Plaintiff Darlene Bagsby and her daughter, Jacqueline Pruitt, filed this action against two St. Louis police officers and the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners for excessive use of force during the arrest of Ms. Pruitt.1 They alleged various constitutional and state tort law violations.
The case was tried to a jury on March 11-14,1991. With regard to plaintiff Bags-by’s claims,…
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- Jacquelyn L. Morris v. American National Can Corporation, Glen Besore, David ScottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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