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FARMER v. COOK

No. 85-1666.

782 F.2d 780 (1986)

Wayne FARMER, Appellant, v. Lawrence L. COOK, Chief of Police, Independence, Mo. Police Dept.; Joe Doe, #1, Independence Police Officer; Joe Doe, # 2, Independence Police Officer; Joe Doe, #3, Detective, Independence Police Officer, Sergeant Smith (First Name Unknown), Independence Police Officer, Joe Doe, # 4, Independence Police Officer; Jane Doe, # 5, Independence Police Officer and City of Independence, Missouri; Major Donald Huntsinger, Independence Police Dept.; and Robert Rinehart, Chief of Police, Independence Police Dept., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Session, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Patrick Lysaught, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, ARNOLD and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 20, 1986.

PER CURIAM.

The question presented is whether the rule of Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261, 105 S.Ct. 1938, 85 L.Ed.2d 254 (1985), holding that the personal-injury-action statutes of limitations of the respective states will govern the period within which cases must be brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, is retroactive. The District Court, acting before Wilson<...

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