CANNON v. TAYLOR

No. 83-8856.

782 F.2d 947 (1986)

Lemuel CANNON, Jr., Individually and as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Lema Cannon, Deceased, Ronald Cannon, Patsy Griffin and Judy Hyles, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Martin TAYLOR and Columbus, Georgia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Breault, Columbus, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Denney, Kathelen M. VanBlarcum, Columbus, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Lema Cannon was killed when a police vehicle driven by Officer Martin Taylor struck her automobile. Her personal representative and surviving children brought this 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 action against Officer Taylor and the City of Columbus, Georgia, claiming the defendants deprived Mrs. Cannon of life without due process of law and violated her constitutional right to travel. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants, finding...

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