SHOCK v. TESTER

No. 19239.

405 F.2d 852 (1969)

James E. SHOCK, Appellant, v. M. L. TESTER, Carl E. Miller and Lieutenant Floyd Weaver, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Shock, pro se.

Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees, Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., on the brief.

Before BLACKMUN, GIBSON and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff was involved in an automobile accident with "Judge" Sanson, a "well known local political figure." He subsequently brought action alleging that the Arkansas State Highway Patrolmen, who had investigated the accident, had failed to arrest the "Judge" for reckless and drunken driving and had prepared and filed an accident report which they knew to be false. He further alleged that supervisors of the State Highway Patrol had refused...

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