Barbra PIOTROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF HOUSTON, et al., Defendants,
City of Houston, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 17, 2001.
January 17, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David Morgan Pruessner (argued), Pruessner & Shilling, Marilyn K. Lahr, Dallas, TX, for Piotrowski.
Lynne Liberato (argued), Michelle McCoy Monger, Ann Whitley Wood, Debra Janece McComas, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, Robert L. Cambrice, Andrea Chan, City of Houston Legal Dept., Houston, TX, for City of Houston.
Geoffrey S. Wasson, Daniel E. Muse, Denver, CO, for City and County of Denver, CO, Amicus Curiae.
Luther T. Munford, Kari Louise Foster, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, Charles M. Hinton, Jr., City Atty., Ronald Bradford Neighbor, William Frank Glazer, Garland, TX, for City of Garland, TX, City of El Paso, TX, City of Cincinnati, OH, City of Mobile, AL, and Intern. Municipal Lawyers Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.
John R. Lockett, City of Mobile Legal Dept., Mobile, AL, Fay D. Dupuis, Cincinnati, OH, for City of Garland, TX, City of El Paso, TX, City of Cincinnati, OH and City of Mobile, AL, Amicus Curiae.
John David Gates, El Paso, TX, for City of El Paso, TX, Amicus Curiae.
Mark Stephen Yurick, Cincinnati, OH, for City of Cincinnati, OH, Amicus Curiae.
Susan M. Horton, Texas Municipal League, Austin, TX, Ramon Gustave Viada, III, Abrams, Scott & Bickley, Houston, TX, for Texas Municipal League, Amicus Curiae.
Reid M. Yamashiro, Randall K. Ishikawa, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu, HI, for City and County of Honolulu, HI, Amicus Curiae.
Before JONES, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Barbra Piotrowski ("Piotrowski") sued the City of Houston ("City") for constitutional violations arising from its failure to prevent her wealthy former boyfriend from attempting to kill her. Implicated in the boyfriend's plot was an unsavory private investigator who had cultivated police and political friendships and regularly hired off-duty officers to work for him and the boyfriend. In exchange for the detective's favors, officials...
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