Legal Opinion
Robert Dean Mattis, M.D. v. Patrolman Richard R. Schnarr
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1974No. 73-1511PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals an order entered in this civil rights action by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri denying his prayer for damages1 and declaratory judgment.
The case was tried below upon stipulated facts. The plaintiff’s minor son, Michael, age eighteen, was shot and killed by defendant Marek, a police officer, while attempting to escape arrest. Michael and another youth, Thomas Rolf, age seventeen, had entered the office of a golf driving range at night for the purpose of taking money by opening an unlocked window. Marek and another…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Bell v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Ashcroft v. MattisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Finberg v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Kottmyer v. MaasCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Kottmyer v. MaasCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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