William Ulmer v. Associated Dry Goods Corporation

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

William Ulmer brought this action against defendant Associated Dry Goods Corporation (Corporation), former operator of retail stores in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, asserting that the Corporation maliciously initiated a criminal charge of peace disturbance against him after he vocally protested his arrest by a Corporation security guard in a Corporation store. A jury denied Ulmer recovery and he appeals from the judgment of dismissal entered by the district court upon the jury verdict. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On appeal, Ulmer claims, inter alia,…