Legal Opinion
Michael J. Gorra v. Floyd Hanson, Patrick Chase, Minnesota State Highway Patrol, an Agency or Division of the State of Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1989No. 88-5012PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*96WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Michael Gorra filed suit against Troopers Floyd Hanson and Patrick Chase (the troopers) of the Minnesota State Highway Patrol under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Hanson and Chase had arrested him without probable cause and thus deprived him of liberty without due process of law. Hanson and Chase appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
Sometime after 4:00 a.m. on September 15, 1985, Trooper Chase discovered an abandoned, overturned vehicle (the Blazer) on the unpaved lane in a construction site on…
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