GROS v. CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS

No. 98-10357.

181 F.3d 613 (1999)

Danette Hope GROS; Edith D. Sikes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, et al., Defendants, The City of Grand Prairie, Texas; Harry L. Crum; Richard L. Bender, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Robert Miller, Matthew Jason Ankele, Miller & Brown, Dallas, TX, Cameron Maxwell Spradling, Melissa H. McHoes, Suggs, Spradling & Associates, Irving, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joe C. Tooley, Edwin Armstrong Price Voss, Jr., Law Office of Joe C. Tooley, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and POLITZ and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Dannette Hope Gros and Edith D. Sikes appeal from an adverse summary judgment order dismissing their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against the City of Grand Prairie, Texas (the "City"); Harry Crum, the Chief of the City of Grand Prairie Police Department ("GPPD"); and Richard L. Bender, the GPPD's officer in charge of internal affairs (collectively, "Municipal Defendants"). Because we find that the district court applied improper legal standards...

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