Diane Duncan v. Robert Barnes

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights action against state law enforcement authorities arose out of the execution of a search warrant on the wrong premises. Appellants Diane Duncan, Ted Hooks, and Delia Gutierrez, students at a court reporting school in Plainview, Texas, brought suit against appellees Robert Barnes, Russell Ivy, James Patterson, Gary Noblett, Benny Clifton, and Gary Gillespie, 1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976), alleging violations of their fourth and fourteenth amendment rights. Two special issues were put to the jury: (1) whether the officers acted in good faith and with a…