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MARICLE v. BIGGERSTAFF

Civil Action No. 3:97-CV-3029-G.

10 F.Supp.2d 705 (1998)

Joel R. MARICLE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Lana BIGGERSTAFF, Individually and in her Capacity as Chief of Police of Commerce, Texas, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

April 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Lyon, Robert Lyon & Associates, Rowlett, TX, Bob Michael Gorsky, Lyon Gorsky, Baskett & Haring, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Joe C. Tooley, Law Office of Joe C. Tooley, Dallas, TX, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

FISH, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of the defendants City of Commerce, Texas ("City") and Lana Biggerstaff ("Biggerstaff," collectively with the City, "defendants") to dismiss the claims against them. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

I. BACKGROUND

Seventeen years ago, Justice Powell decried the trivialization of constitutional law in trifling civil rights suits. See Parratt...

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