DEWELL v. LAWSON

No. 73-1157.

489 F.2d 877 (1974)

Douglas DEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne LAWSON, Individually, and in his capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the City of Oklahoma City, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Merz, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellent.

Robert S. Baker, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Pierce, Couch, Hendrickson, Gust & Short, Oklahoma City, Okl., of counsel, on the brief), for defendant-appellee, Wayne Lawson.

Jerry R. Fent, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Roy H. Semtner, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for defendant-appellee, City of Oklahoma City.

Before PICKETT, HOLLOWAY and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

Douglas Dewell brought this suit against the City of Oklahoma City and Wayne Lawson, its Chief of Police, for alleged violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, in that he was deprived of rights guaranteeed him by the First, Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The trial court sustained the appellees' Motions to Dismiss without any memorandum of its reasons.

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