LESSMAN v. McCORMICK

Nos. 77-1951 and 77-2045.

591 F.2d 605 (1979)

Linda (Sinklear) LESSMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bill McCORMICK, Fred Howard, Ed Ritchie, Ed White, John Finden, James Foster, John Hopkins, Elmer Beck, Dr. John Davis, Jr., Robert Drumm, Ralph Glenn, Joan Guy, B. M. Kane, William Kobach, J. R. Kreiger, Kenneth Payne, Jr., Robert Petro, Darrell Roach, Richard Roach, G. W. Snyder, Jr., Russ Reynolds, and Topeka Bank & Trust Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Phelps, Jr. of Fred W. Phelps, Chartered, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard M. Robinson, Topeka, Kan., for defendant-appellee Bill McCormick.

Wilburn Dillon, Jr., Topeka, Kan. (Tom L. Green, Topeka, Kan., with him on brief), for defendants-appellees Fred Howard, Ed Ritchie and Ed White.

L. M. Cornish, Jr., Topeka, Kan. (Henry J. Schulteis, Topeka, Kan., with him on brief), of Glenn, Cornish & Leuenberger, Chartered, Topeka, Kan., for defendants-appellees John Finden, James Foster, John Hopkins, Elmer Beck, Dr. John Davis, Jr., Robert Drumm, Ralph Glenn, Joan Guy, B. M. Kane, William Kobach, J. R. Kreiger, Kenneth Payne, Jr., Robert Petro, Darrell Roach, Richard Roach, G. W. Snyder, Jr., Russ Reynolds, and Topeka Bank & Trust Co.

Before McWILLIAMS, DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

These appeals arise out of a Civil Rights Act complaint filed by Linda (Sinklear) Lessman against the Topeka Bank & Trust Company and individual defendant appellees who include the Mayor of the City of Topeka, a Topeka policeman Ed White and his supervisors, including the Chief of Police, Russ Reynolds, an employee of the bank, and all of the members of the board of directors of Topeka Bank &...

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