LOVEJOY v. GOODRICH

No. 85-1898.

798 F.2d 1201 (1986)

Maurice Charles LOVEJOY, Appellant, v. Michael GOODRICH, Charles Johnson, City of Pagedale and Mary Hall, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Ramsey, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Frank Susman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.


BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Maurice Charles Lovejoy sued the City of Pagedale, Pagedale Mayor Mary Hall, and Pagedale Police Officers Goodrich, Johnson, and Meadows, for alleged violations of Lovejoy's civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Essentially, Lovejoy alleged a policy of police harassment condoned by the City and Mayor Hall, which included false arrests, use of excessive force during arrests, and malicious prosecutions. At the conclusion of Lovejoy...

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