Legal Opinion
Betsy A. Jennings v. Ilus W. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1973No. 72-1590PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a dismissal of appellants’ civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The complaint alleges that on November 20, 1969, appellant, Mrs. Jennings, was arrested on a speeding violation by a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer and was directed to report to the 63d street police station; that at the station appellant overheard two police officers “talking, bragging and ridiculing the behavior of traffic violators that they had arrested”, which remarks caused appellant to feel…
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