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SUMMAR v. BENNETT

No. 97-5927.

157 F.3d 1054 (1998)

James A. SUMMAR, on behalf of his deceased son, James A. SUMMAR, II and as next friend of the minor child, James Blank Summar, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ben BENNETT, individually and in his official capacity as an officer of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department; Sheriff's Department of Rutherford County, Tennessee; Rutherford County, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley M. Oliver (argued and briefed), Lionel R. Barrett, Jr. (briefed), Nashville, TN, for Appellant.

David Randall Mantooth (argued and briefed), Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, Nashville, TN, for Appellees.

Before: KRUPANSKY, NORRIS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

This case presents an appeal by James A. Summar ("Plaintiff") on behalf of his deceased son, James A. Summar II ("Summar"), and as next friend of his grandchild James B. Summar, a minor. Summar served as a confidential informant to the Rutherford County, Tennessee, Sheriff's Office until his death three or four days after Officer Benjamin Bennett ("Bennett") disclosed Summar's...

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