Legal Opinion
Johnnie Faye Spiller v. City of Texas City, Police Department State of Texas Mark Spurgeon City of Texas City
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1997No. 97-40081PublishedCited by 336 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Johnnie Faye Spiller, the plaintiff, brought suit against defendants Texas City, its police department, and one of its police officers, Mark Spurgeon, for Spurgeon’s alleged violation of her Fourth Amendment and Texas common law rights. 1 The district court dismissed Spiller’s Fourth Amendment claims because they “fail[ed] to state a claim upon which relief [could] be granted,” Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 12(b)(6), and accordingly declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over her state law claims. Finding Spiller to have alleged a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights,…
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