Legal Opinion
Christie Thomas and Scott Fisher v. Gregory Dickel, Joseph Leo, and City of Des Moines, Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2000No. 99-3239PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Christie Thomas and Scott Fisher sued the City of Des Moines, Iowa, and Des Moines police officers Gregory Dickel and Joseph Leo, seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and under state law, claiming that the officers wrongfully stopped, searched, and arrested them. The district court1 held that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity for stopping the plaintiffs’ car and that Ms. Thomas and Mr. Fisher failed to present any evidence of a department policy or custom on which to predicate municipal liability. The district court then granted the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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