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MEALS v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Nos. 05-5953, 05-5974.

493 F.3d 720 (2007)

Aundrey MEALS, Individually and as wife and next friend of James Harvey Meals, deceased, and as natural parent, guardian and next friend of William Meals, a minor child, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (05-5974) and Bridgette King (05-5953), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jean E. Markowitz, Law Offices of Thomas E. Hansom, Memphis, Tennessee, Robert D. Meyers, Kiesewetter, Wise, Kaplan, Prather PLC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. Jason G. Whitworth, Law Office of J. Houston Gordon, Covington, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jean E. Markowitz, Thomas Edward Hansom, Law Offices of Thomas E. Hansom, Memphis, Tennessee, Robert D. Meyers, Amber Isom-Thompson, Kiesewetter, Wise, Kaplan, Prather PLC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellants. Jason G. Whitworth, Law Office of J. Houston Gordon, Covington, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: KENNEDY and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges; ADAMS, District Judge.

OPINION

JOHN R. ADAMS, District Judge.

This high-speed police pursuit case deals with the "shocks the conscience" standard set forth in County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 118 S.Ct. 1708, 140 L.Ed.2d 1043 (1998), and its application to the police pursuit in this case.

Appellant Bridgette King ("Officer King") is employed as a police officer by appellant City of Memphis, Tennessee ("the City"). Appellee...

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