Legal Opinion
Leonard Rogers v. Barbara Rulo, Frank Eck, Alvin Klein, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1983No. 82-1728PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Leonard Rogers brought this action for damages pursuant to 42 U.SrC. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986 (1976) against Officers Barbara Rulo, Frank Eck, and Alvin Klein of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Police Chief Eugene Camp, and members of the Board of Police Commissioners. Rogers claims that while he was in police custody the defendants deprived him of his rights guaranteed by the fourth, eighth, and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution. The case was tried to a jury in May 1982. The district court granted motions for a directed verdict in favor of Chief Camp and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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- United States v. James Mills, Doing Business as Great American Financial Corp., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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