Legal Opinion
Morton v. Becker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1986No. 85-1673PublishedCited by 334 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Wayne Morton appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), against Dennis Becker, a City of St. Louis police officer, John Berner, City of St. Louis Police Chief, and named members of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners,1 for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of the case.
Morton alleged in his complaint that members of the St. Louis Police Department seized his car under the mistaken belief that it was stolen, and executed a hold order which…
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