Legal Opinion
Shukri Hassan v. William McManus
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 31, 2007No. 06-3504PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
After Minneapolis police officers shot and killed Abu Kassim Jeilani (Jeilani), Shukri Hassan (Hassan), the trustee of Jeilani’s estate, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 as well as state law tort claims based on negligence, including a wrongful death claim, against the City of Minneapolis (City) and the involved police officers (individual defendants). All defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, claiming qualified, official, and statutory immunity, as well as claiming Hassan failed to show any violation of a constitutional right. The district…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Hassan v. City Of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007