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STEPNES v. RITSCHEL

No. 11-1381.

663 F.3d 952 (2011)

Paul C. STEPNES, Appellant, v. Peter RITSCHEL, individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee, Jane Moore, Defendant, City of Minneapolis; CBS Broadcasting, Inc., foreign corporation; Esme Murphy, individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Eleanor Clark , argued, Golden Valley, MN, for appellant.

James Anthony Moore , argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee Peter Ritschel.

Michael Dennis Sullivan , argued and on the brief, Washington, DC, John Philip Borger , Mary A. Walker , Minneapolis, MN, Jeanette Melendez Bead , Chad R. Bowman , Washington, DC, on the brief, for appellees CBS Broadcasting, Inc. and Esme Murphy.

Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Minneapolis Police Sergeant Peter Ritschel arrested Paul Stepnes without a warrant for running a contest which allegedly violated Minnesota gambling laws. Ritschel later obtained a search warrant and seized several items from the house where Stepnes was running the contest. Reporter Esme Murphy broadcast a news story about the contest and Stepnes's arrest on WCCO TV, a local CBS television station. Stepnes sued Ritschel and the city of Minneapolis...

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