Legal Opinion
Riehm v. Engelking
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2008No. 07-1517PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
David Riehm was a high school student who wrote an essay detailing a fantasy murder-suicide inspired by the school shooting that took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. He left the essay with his teacher, who read it and reported it to law enforcement. He was taken from his home in Cook County, Minnesota, by court order, underwent a psychiatric evaluation and was released after seventy-two hours. He and his mother, Colleen Riehm, brought this lawsuit against Cook County and two of its employees, Steven Diercks and Ann DeBevec (collectively, the…
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