Legal Opinion
Sabrina Fields v. City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, a Municipal Corporation, & Vytautas MacKevicius
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1987No. 86-1293PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Sabrina Fields appeals from a final judgment entered in the District Court for the District of Nebraska upon a jury verdict in favor of the City of Omaha, Nebraska (the City), and her arresting officer, Vytautas Mackevicius (the officer). Fields brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She claimed the Omaha loitering and prowling ordinance, Omaha Municipal Code § 20-171 to -174 (the Omaha ordinance), under which she was arrested, is unconstitutional. The jury found for the City and Officer Mackevicius and the district court denied Fields’ motion for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Lu Ann Buffkins v. City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, a Municipal Corporation Alvin Grigsby And, John FriendCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Edwards v. BaerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Angarita v. St. Louis CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- City of Milwaukee v. NelsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1989
- United States v. Andrzej DerezinskiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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