Legal Opinion

James Ross v. City of Jackson, Missouri

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 26, 2018No. 17-1390PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

James Robert Ross appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Ryan Medlin, Anthony Henson, and Toby Freeman, three police officers employed by the City of Jackson, Missouri. 1 Ross argues that the district court erred in concluding that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim alleging the violation of his constitutional rights under the First and Fourth Amendments.

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On January 25, 2015, James Ross was a 20-year-old resident of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and an active user of the social media website, Facebook. Facebook…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Mullenix v. LunaSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. White v. PaulySupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  5. R. A. v. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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3Cited by34 opinions

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