CALDWELL v. CAMP

No. 78-1655.

594 F.2d 705 (1979)

William B. CALDWELL, Appellant, v. Eugene CAMP, Chief of Police, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Donald H. Whaley, Clarence T. Hunter, Suzanne Hart, John A. Schicker, Jr., James A. Roach, Jr., the Honorable James Conway, comprising the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of St. Louis, George Peach, Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis, and John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the State of Missouri, and the City of St. Louis, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murry A. Marks, Clayton, Mo., argued and on brief, for appellant.

Thomas J. Ray, Asst. City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellees and on brief, for appellees Camp, Whaley, Hunter, Hart, Schicker, Roach, Conway and City of St. Louis.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., and Michael H. Finkelstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief, for appellee Ashcroft.

Jack L. Koehr, City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellees Camp, Whaley, Hunter, Hart, Shicker, Roach, Conway and City of St. Louis.

Joseph L. Bauer, Jr., Asst. Circuit Atty., St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellees and on brief, for appellee George Peach.

Before HEANEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Chief Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

William B. Caldwell brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various officials of the City of St. Louis and of the State of Missouri, seeking to enjoin the enforcement of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 195.145 (1969) and to recover damages for the alleged violation of his civil rights.1 Caldwell contended that this statute, which allows a civil action to be brought for the forfeiture of any motor vehicle which...

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