HARRILL v. BLOUNT COUNTY, TENN.

No. 94-5284.

55 F.3d 1123 (1995)

Debra HARRILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE; James L. Berrong; Tom Hatcher; Ron Martin; Bill Fancher; Jane Doe # 1, a/k/a Officer White, Defendants-Appellants, Jane Doe # 2; Jane Doe # 3; Jane Doe # 9; and Jane Doe # 10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellery E. Hill, Jr., Concord, TN (argued and briefed), for plaintiff-appellee.

Dean B. Farmer (argued and briefed), William T. Chastain, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, TN, for defendants-appellants.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; SILER, Circuit Judge; EDMUNDS, District Judge.


MERRITT, Chief Judge.

The defendants, who are Blount County, Tennessee, law enforcement officers, appeal the District Court's denial of qualified immunity in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. The plaintiff, Debra Harrill, sued the defendants after her acquittal from one count of concealing stolen property. The District Judge ruled that plaintiff had presented two viable claims, one under the Fourth Amendment for arrest without probable cause and another under the...

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