Legal Opinion
Mueller v. Powell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1953No. 14720_1PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLET, Circuit Judge.
Robert P. Mueller sued the sheriff of Boone County, Missouri, and two of his deputies for redress for the deprivation of his rights under the Constitution of the United States. The action was brought in the United States District Court under the Civil Rights Act. 1 The cause was tried by the court sitting as a jury. The judgment was for the defendants, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The complaint was in three counts. The first count sought recovery against the officials for arresting appellant illegally without a warrant therefor, holding him incommunicado…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hill v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Worthington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
- Harbison v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Barbara A. Nesmith and Richard A. Nesmith v. H. D. AlfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- State v. SidebottomSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
- Joseph Ortega v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- William Caldwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
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