HARRIS v. PIRCH

Nos. 81-1724, 81-2019.

677 F.2d 681 (1982)

Brenda HARRIS, Appellee, v. Paul PIRCH, individually and as Sheriff of Johnson County, Missouri; Lawrence Kipping, individually and as Deputy Sheriff of Johnson County, Missouri, Appellants. Douglas Rusher.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Langdon, Bradley, Langdon & Bradley, Lexington, Mo., for appellee Brenda Harris.

C. B. Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald, Warrensburg, Mo., for appellants.

Before HENLEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and HUNGATE, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 9, 1982.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Paul Pirch, sheriff, and Lawrence Kipping, deputy sheriff, appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court for the Western District of Missouri finding them liable for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to Brenda Harris based on her involuntary emergency commitment to the Western Missouri Mental Health Center (Mental Health Center) for observation and testing in August, 1979...

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