MYERS v. MORRIS

No. 85-5243.

810 F.2d 1437 (1987)

Greg MYERS, etc., et al., Appellees, v. R. Kathleen MORRIS, Scott County Attorney, etc., et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Martin, Minneapolis, Minn., for Morris, Busch, Morgan, Pint, Einertson.

Douglas J. Muirhead, Minneapolis, Minn., for Price, DeVries and Phipps-Yonas & Price, PA.

Earl P. Gray, St. Paul, Minn., for Robert and Lois Bentz.

Thomas J. Hunziker, Minneapolis, Minn., for Charles and Carol Lallak.

Michael D. Madigan, Minneapolis, Minn., for Jeffrey and Jennifer Lallak.

Robert A. Nicklaus, Chaska, Minn., for Rawson.

Marc G. Kurzman, Minneapolis, Minn., for Greg and Jane Myers and Donald and Cindy Buchan.

James W. Kenney, St. Paul, Minn., for Michael Shea and Michael Shea & Assoc.

Phillip A. Cole, Minneapolis, Minn., for Thomsen.

Robert H. Lynn, Minneapolis, Minn., for Norring.

John M. Degnan, Minneapolis, Minn., for Johnson and Manahan.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 9, 1987.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Before us are the consolidated appeals in eight civil rights lawsuits which grew out of a child sexual abuse investigation in Jordan, Minnesota, during 1983-84. Thirteen of the fifteen plaintiffs in these cases were charged by Scott County Attorney, R. Kathleen Morris, with criminal sexual activity involving one or more minor children.

The investigation began in September 1983...

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