Legal Opinion
Grider v. City of Auburn, Ala.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2010No. 09-13261PublishedCited by 428 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs own a bar/restaurant in Auburn, Alabama and sued the City of Auburn (the “City”) and City employees under state tort law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiffs primarily claim the City and its agents filed false bribery charges and selectively enforced regulatory laws in order to harm the Plaintiffs’ business. Defendants moved for summary judgment based on qualified immunity from the § 1983 claims and state-law immunity from the state-law claims, which the district court denied. Upon review, we affirm in part,…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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