Legal Opinion
Price v. Roark
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2001No. 00-60589PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The goings on in Shaw, Mississippi provide the fodder for this appeal. Murry Roark, a county law enforcement officer, arrested R.C. Price, Jr., a salvager of abandoned buildings, charging him with a license tag violation and arson of an abandoned building in Shaw. The tag violation, a sore spot because of Price’s alleged history of tag violations, was admitted by Price; the arson charge was denied by Price and dropped. Price then sued Roark in state court for false arrest and malicious prosecution, claiming a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. The case was…
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