Legal Opinion
Mowbray v. Cameron County, TX
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2001No. 00-40504, 00-41229PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
After Freda “Susan” Mowbray (“Mow-bray”) had served nine years in prison for her husband’s murder, her conviction was set aside, whereupon, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, she sued the county that had jailed her and the three prosecutors, three police officers, and the county lab technician who had participated in her trial; she also sued her husband’s heirs to regain the proceeds from his life insurance policy. The district court dismissed all of Mowbray’s claims but one, against Officer George Gavito.
Mowbray appeals several Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)…
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