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EDWARDS v. BAER

No. 88-1704.

863 F.2d 606 (1988)

Fred EDWARDS, Appellant, v. Robert J. BAER; John J. Frank; William H. Young, in their official capacities, Michael Craig and The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1988.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Harry Briggs, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Julian L. Bush, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

LAY, Chief Judge.

The principal question in this case, and one that federal courts constantly confront, involves the liability of a police officer under section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act for making an invalid arrest. Twenty-seven years ago, Justice Frankfurter predicted that the federal courts would become a haven for litigation of state false arrest and false imprisonment claims. Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 240-41 &...

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