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CROSBY v. PAULK

No. 97-8585.

187 F.3d 1339 (1999)

Joe CROSBY, Leverne Crosby, Rick Crosby, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ashley PAULK, J.R. Winningham, Terry Griffin, Johnny Kendrick, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Diane Festin Laross, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for Kendrick.

James T. McDonald, Jr., Christopher D. Balch, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, GA, for Paulk and others.

W. James Sizemore, Jr., Divine, Dorough & Sizemore, Jimmie H. Brown, Brown & Scoccimaro, Albany, GA, for the Crosbys.

Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, Senior District Judge.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal requires us to determine if local law enforcement officers and a state revenue agent are entitled to qualified immunity for investigating underage drinking and after-hours sales of alcohol in nightclubs. On motions for summary judgment, the district judge denied qualified immunity. We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1994, the Valdosta/Lowndes/Brooks Drug Task Force ("Drug Task Force") was conducting...

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