LAMBERT v. TOWN OF STRINGTOWN

No. 79508.

834 P.2d 955 (1992)

Curtis LAMBERT, Appellee, v. The TOWN OF STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma, the Stringtown Public Works Authority, Les Thompson, Sunny Richards, and Randy Harris, individually and in their capacity as the Board of Trustees of the Town of Stringtown, Oklahoma, and as Trustees of the Stringtown Public Works Authority, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Janzen, Charles D. Neal, Jr., Steidley & Neal, McAlester, for appellants.

James D. Wadley, McAlester, for appellee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendants have been sued in state court for alleged civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought summary judgment based on the defense of qualified immunity. The trial court overruled their motion and the defendants appealed. On our own motion we ordered defendants to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as seeking review of a non-final, nonappealable order.

The defendants argue...

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