Hill v. Chambless

The parties raise the question whether two defendant police officers of the City of Mobile were immune, under the doctrine of qualified immunity, from liability on the plaintiff's claim that they had violated the civil rights of the plaintiff's intestate. The plaintiff says her intestate died as a result of injuries he sustained as he was being arrested by the two officers. We do not reach this question, however, because of a procedural problem. The summary judgment for the defendant officers must be reversed and the case remanded because the trial judge failed to comply with the procedures…