JOHNSON v. ESTATE OF LACCHEO

No. 90-3694.

935 F.2d 109 (1991)

Eugene A. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE of Mark A. LACCHEO, and James Overstreet, Defendants-Appellants, City of Eastlake, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooke F. Kocab, Albert L. Purola (argued), Wiles & Richards, Willoughby, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Vincent A. Feudo, William F. Schmitz (argued), Kitchen, Messner & Deery, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellants.

Before GUY and RYAN, Circuit Judges, and JOINER, Senior District Judge.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, two police officers from Eastlake, Ohio, Mark A. Laccheo and James Overstreet, appeal the district court's denial of their claim for qualified good faith immunity in this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, alleging unreasonable seizure, prosecution without probable cause, and unlawful detention. The issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in deciding that defendants were not entitled to qualified...

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