Legal Opinion
Baptiste v. J.C. Penney Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1998No. 97-1047PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Sylvia E. Baptiste filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Colorado Springs Police Officers Marvin Hernholm and Cassandra Martin, claiming they violated under color of state law her right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. 1 Officers Hernholm and Martin filed a motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity; the motion was denied by the district court. Officers Hernholm and Martin appeal the district court’s denial of summary judgment, arguing that established law allowed them to rely on allegations made by store security guards…
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