WOLK v. DeCOWSKI

No. 81-266.

310 N.W.2d 131 (1981)

Mary Louise WOLK, et al., Appellants, v. James DeCOWSKI, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedberg & Peterson, Mark W. Peterson, Minneapolis, Holmes & Graven and Larry Wertheim, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., Paul Gilles, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, Robert Alfton, Minneapolis City Atty., Joseph LaBat, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for respondents.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the district court, which denied a temporary injunction and dismissed a complaint for civil damages with prejudice. Plaintiffs are people whose telephones were tapped pursuant to court orders in late 1980 and early 1981. Defendants are the law enforcement officers who carried out the orders. The orders, pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 626A.05 (1980), were based on information suggesting plaintiffs were involved...

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