Legal Opinion
Knutson v. City of Fargo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2010No. 08-1894PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Douglas and Linda Knutson appeal from the order of the District Court dismissing without prejudice them 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against the City of Fargo, North Dakota.
On July 8, 2003, a cast-iron water main belonging to the City broke, flooding the Knutsons’ property and damaging their house and yard. In August 2004, they filed suit against the City in state court seeking damages under state-law legal theories of inverse condemnation, intentional trespass, and negligence. The state district court granted the City’s motion for summary judgment, and the North Dakota Supreme…
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