ELLSWORTH v. CITY OF RACINE

No. 84-2713.

774 F.2d 182 (1985)

Marie ELLSWORTH & Paul Ellsworth, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF RACINE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda S. Vanden Heuvel, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph E. Boyle, Racine, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Marie and Paul Ellsworth, appeal from the district court's dismissal of their complaint on the basis that it failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. FED.R.CIV. P. 12(b)(6). We AFFIRM.

I.

Paul Ellsworth was an undercover narcotics officer employed by the Police Department of Racine, Wisconsin. Because of the testimony he was to give against individuals arrested as a result...

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