LOVE v. KING

No. 85-4284 Summary Calendar.

784 F.2d 708 (1986)

James Dale LOVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George KING, Individually and as Chief of Police, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Susan PRITCHARD and Kim Phelps, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carl ZEAGLER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Durusau, Jena, La., for James Dale Love.

Gold, Little, Simon, Weems & Bruser, Henry B. Bruser, III, Alexandria, La., for King and Town of Jena.

Hennigan & Walters, Lloyd E. Hennigan, Jr., J. Reed Walters, Jena, La., for Carl Zeagler.

Before GEE, REAVLEY and ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Dale Love, Susan Pritchard, and Kim Phelps brought action against the Town of Jena, George King, Jena's Chief of Police, and Carl Zeagler, a private citizen, under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 (1982). The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights were violated during an incident in which Zeagler shot his wife and plaintiff Love after finding the two in bed together. The trial court directed verdicts in favor...

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