Legal Opinion
Rita Susan Parkerson, of Estate of Carl R. Parkerson, Deceased v. Don Carrouth and Malone & Hyde, Inc. Of Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1986No. 84-1991PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Rita Susan Parkerson, Executrix of the Estate of Carl R. Parkerson, M.D., appeals the District Court’s 1 decision that Dr. Parkerson’s civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 & 1986 did not survive his death during the pendency of the action. We affirm.
I
This case arose out of an unsuccessful criminal prosecution charging Dr. Parker-son with violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) by distributing scheduled drugs not in the usual course of medical practice and for which there was no legitimate medical need. Even before his acquittal on all counts, Dr. Parkerson filed…
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