DIXON v. HOLDEN

No. WD 53936.

963 S.W.2d 306 (1997)

Oliver DIXON, Appellant, v. Robert HOLDEN, Treasurer, State of Missouri, Richard A. Hanson, Commissioner of Admin., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Denied January 27, 1998.

Application for Transfer Denied March 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Fairfax Jones, St. Louis, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Presson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondents.

Before EDWIN H. SMITH, P.J., and LOWENSTEIN and LAURA DENVIR STITH, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied January 27, 1998.

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

The genesis of this appeal was in federal court where Dixon, under 42 U.S.C § 1983, sued his superior officers at the Highway Patrol for their failure to take action after learning Dixon's phone at headquarters had been illegally wiretapped. Dixon obtained a consent judgment for $225,000. Missouri refused to pay the judgment. Dixon then attempted to have...

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