Legal Opinion
Swedlund v. Foster
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 2003No. NonePublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORS, Acting Justice.
[¶ 1.] Duane and Ruth Swedlund (Swedlunds) sued Custer County Sheriff Greg Foster and five deputy sheriffs. Swedlunds claimed the law enforcement officers violated their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Swedlunds also brought state law tort claims for assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false arrest, false imprisonment and trespass. The officers moved for summary judgment, claiming they were entitled to the protection of qualified immunity on Swedlunds’ § 1983 claims and common law immunity on Swedlunds’ state law tort claims. The trial…
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