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AGUILLARD v. McGOWEN

No. 97-20039.

207 F.3d 226 (2000)

Jason AGUILLARD; et al., Plaintiffs, Jason Aguillard; O.L. Harrison; William A. Harrison; Sandra Harrison; Gloria Hamilton, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph K. McGOWEN; et al., Defendants, Joseph K. McGowen; Harris County, Texas, Defendants-Appellants. O.L. Harrison, Surviving Parent of Susan Harrison White, Deceased; William A. Harrison, Surviving Parent of Susan Harrison White, Deceased; Gloria Hamilton, Individually and as next friend of Jason Aguillard; Sandra Harrison, Individually and on behalf of Estate of Susan Harrison White, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph K. McGowen; et al., Defendants, Joseph K. McGowen; Harris County, Texas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Bynum (argued), James H. Brannon, Houston, TX, Gene Stuart Hagood, Hagood & Neumann, Alvin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Otto D. Hewitt, III (argued), Alvin, TX, for Jason Aguillard.

John J. Curtis, Claire Louise Gibson, San Antonio, TX, for Joseph K. McGowen.

Michael Kuhn (argued), Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, Bobby Nick Turner, Houston, TX, for Harris County, TX.

Edward Michael Sosa, El Paso, TX, for El Paso County, Amicus Curiae.

Robert Scott Davis, Flowers, Davis, Fraser, Derryberry & Van Cleef, Tyler, TX, for Gregg County Sheriff, Harrison County Sheriff, Lamar County Sheriff, Van Zandt County Sheriff and Van Zandt County, Amici Curiae.

Steve A. McKeithen, Conroe, TX, for Montgomery County, Amicus Curiae.

John Schneider, Pasadena, TX, for City of Pasadena, Amicus Curiae.

Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Joseph K. McGowen ("McGowen") and Harris County, Texas ("the County") appeal from a jury verdict holding them liable for the wrongful death of Susan Harrison White ("White") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court, giving preclusive effect to McGowen's Texas state criminal conviction for murder, forbade McGowen to present evidence on the issue of excessive force. Because the state court of appeals reversed McGowen...

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