Legal Opinion
Ludwig v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1995No. 93-3157PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Merilyn Ludwig, Special Administrator of the Estate of her son, James Ludwig, appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment, dismissing from this case Charles Anderson and Joseph Strong, two St. Paul, Minnesota, police officers, on the basis of qualified immunity. Ludwig v. Anderson, Civil No. 4-91-733 (D.Minn. June 21, 1993).1 We reverse.
On September 22, 1990, Sergeant Anderson and Officer Strong shot and killed James Ludwig. Initially, a concerned citizen called the police regarding Ludwig, who had been camping behind a Wendy’s near the…
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