SHIPMAN v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF FAMILY SERVICES

Nos. 88-1315, 88-1955.

877 F.2d 678 (1989)

Linden W. SHIPMAN, Individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellant, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES; Joseph O'Hara, individually and as Director of Division of Family Services, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1989.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim R. Bruce, Kennett, Mo., for appellant.

William Cornwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Denied August 18, 1989.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Linden W. Shipman appeals from final judgments entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Missouri. In appeal No. 88-1315 the district court held that Shipman's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging certain Missouri State Statutes is mooted by the subsequent amendment of the statutes and that Shipman lacks standing to challenge the 1984 enactments...

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