PRAPROTNIK v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

Nos. 85-1145, 85-1267 and 85-1268.

879 F.2d 1573 (1989)

James H. PRAPROTNIK, Appellee, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, a municipal corporation, Appellant, Frank Hamsher; Charles Kindelberger, Community Development Agency; and Deborah Patterson, Community Development Agency (Two Cases). James H. PRAPROTNIK, Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, a municipal corporation, Appellee, Frank Hamsher; Charles Kindelberger, Community Development Agency; and Deborah Patterson, Community Development Agency.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1989.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles R. Oldham, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT and ROSS, Senior Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case is before us after reversal and remand from the United States Supreme Court. City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik, 485 U.S. 112, 108 S.Ct. 915, 99 L.Ed.2d 107 (1988). The Supreme Court, in a plurality opinion, held that this court had applied an improper legal standard for determining municipal liability, and reversed this court's finding that the City...

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