CROWDER v. SINYARD

Nos. 88-2049, 87-2455.

884 F.2d 804 (1989)

Nancy CROWDER, Individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of James Ralston Crowder, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Ken SINYARD, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. Nancy CROWDER, Individually and as Independent Executrix of the Estate of James Ralston Crowder, Plaintiff, v. Ken SINYARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. Winston P. CROWDER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret R. Mitchell, Winston P. Crowder, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Bill Luppen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for Neel and Lambert.

Kirk D. Johnson, W. Kelvin Wyrick, Texarkana, Ark., for Miller Co., Ark. and Godwin.

Damon Young, Texarkana, Ark., for City of DeQueen, Ark. and Bill Jones.

David Folsom, Texarkana, Ark., Tex., for Sevier County.

William G. Bullock, Texarkana, Tex., for Aycock, et al.

William G. Bullock, Hubbard, Patton, Peek, Haltom & Roberts, Damon Young, David Folsom, Young, Patton & Folsom, Texarkana, Tex., Kirk D. Johnson, Texarkana, Ark., for all appellants except Lambert.

Frank J. Wills, III, J. Mark Lewis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for Charles Lambert.

Mary L. Sinderson, Lynn Cooksey, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before GARWOOD, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The primary issue in these consolidated appeals is whether the actions of various law enforcement officers and prosecutors in executing a search warrant and seizing certain pieces of personal property violated the Crowders'1 first, fourth, and fourteenth amendment rights. After a jury trial, the district court rendered judgment in favor of the Crowders and awarded attorneys' fees.

These appeals followed...

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