SAVOLA v. WEBSTER

No. 80-1546.

644 F.2d 743 (1981)

Helvi SAVOLA, Individually and as District Organizer of the Minnesota Communist Party and the Minnesota Communist Party, Appellants, v. William H. WEBSTER, in his official capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Rodney Ritter as Deputy Dakota County Coroner, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1981.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, Karl Cambronne, Linda Ojala, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas K. Berg, U. S. Atty., Mary L. Egan, Asst. U. S. Atty., D. Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Elizabeth De La Vega, Law Clerk.

Thomas K. Berg, U. S. Atty., and Mary L. Egan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants-appellees Webster and The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

James C. Backstrom, Asst. Dakota County Atty., Hastings, Minn., for defendant-appellee Ritter.

Before ROSS, HENLEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Helvi Savola, individually and as organizer of the Minnesota Communist Party, and on behalf of the members of the Minnesota Communist Party, appeals from an order of the district court dismissing their claim against William H. Webster as director of the FBI and Rodney Ritter as Deputy County Coroner for alleged violations of their constitutional rights under the first, fourth, and fourteenth amendments. The district court1...

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