Brown v. City of Hazlehurst

SOUTHWICK, J,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Albert Brown and his son, Alvin Brown, brought suit against the City of Hazlehurst, its mayor, board of aldermen, police chief, and a police officer, alleging they were arrested without probable cause in violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. Other claims involved the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and state law torts of false arrest and malicious prosecution. The Copiah County Circuit Court entered summary judgment in favor of all defendants.

¶2. We affirm most of the judgment. We find disputes of material fact to exist as to the claims against the police…