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BROTHERTON v. CLEVELAND

No. 89-3820.

923 F.2d 477 (1991)

Deborah S. BROTHERTON; Deborah S. Brotherton, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Steven Brotherton; Deborah S. Brotherton, on behalf of her minor children, Carrie Brotherton and Melissa Brotherton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank P. CLEVELAND, M.D.; Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County, Ohio; Joseph M. DeCourcy; Norman A. Murdock; Robert A. Taft, II; Eye Bank Association of America; Cincinnati Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, Inc.; Ohio Valley Organ Procurement Center; Bethesda North Hospital; Bethesda, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Metz (argued), Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Philip L. Zorn, Jr. (argued), Stephen A. Bailey, Lindhorst & Dreidame, Harry J. Finke IV (argued), Graydon, Head & Ritchey, Holly S. Doan (argued), John J. Cruze, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Bruce B. McIntosh (argued), McIntosh, McIntosh & Knabe, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARTIN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and JOINER, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 3, 1991.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Deborah S. Brotherton, the wife of decedent Steven Brotherton, appeals the dismissal of her section 1983 claim for wrongful removal of her deceased husband's corneas. Because we find that Deborah Brotherton has a protected property interest in her husband's corneas and that the removal of those corneas was caused by established state procedures, we reverse.

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