Legal Opinion
Snider v. Peters
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided February 28, 2013No. Case No. 1:10-CV-100 (CEJ)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CAROL E. JACKSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs motion for attorneys’ fees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Defendant Matthew Peters and intervenor State of Missouri have filed responses in opposition to the motion and the issues are fully briefed.
I. Background
Plaintiff Frank L. Snider, III, slashed a United States flag in front of his home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and was charged with violating Missouri’s flag desecration statute, § 578.095, Mo.Rev.Stat. He filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Cape Girardeau, H.…
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