Legal Opinion
Mark Stanton Curtis v. City of Des Moines, Iowa Daniel Dusenberry Charles R. Wolf, Keith Morris Denise Morris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1993No. 92-2719PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
In 1988, Des Moines police arrested Mark Stanton Curtis for the rape of Keith and Denise Morris’ (the Morrises’) daughter. The police brought him to the Des Moines jail, where two officers beat him. Curtis filed this § 1983 action against the two officers and the City of Des Moines (the City). Curtis prevailed, but not before the Morrises prevailed against him in a separate Iowa state court civil assault and battery suit. The Morrises’ and Curtis’ attorneys have subsequently battled over who is entitled to execute on Curtis’ federal court judgment. The district…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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