NIX v. SWEENEY

No. 77-1340.

573 F.2d 998 (1978)

Dennis NIX, Appellant, v. Donald SWEENEY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Geissal, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Martha Moody, American Civil Liberties Union, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

David O. Danis of Whalen, O'Connor & Danis, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 8, 1978.

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Dennis Nix brought this action against the Village of Breckenridge Hills and certain of its officials for damages and injunctive relief arising out of his allegedly illegal arrest and the allegedly unlawful search, seizure, and photocopying of his property. The District Court granted a motion to dismiss the defendant Village of Breckenridge...

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