ESTATE OF WALKER v. WALLACE

No. 17-1058.

881 F.3d 1056 (2018)

ESTATE OF Leon WALKER, Jr.; Wanda Jean Millbrook; Correll Taylor Millbrook; Victor Wayne Millbrooks, Jr. Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Building Inspector Hershell WALLACE, in his individual capacity Defendant-Appellant. Detective Ronald E. Vaughn, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department police officer in his individual capacity; City of St. Louis, Missouri Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed February 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Erin K McGowan , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Thomas Richard McDonnell , of Saint Louis, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was W. Bevis Schock , of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Hugh Athelstan Eastwood , of Saint Louis, MO.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


One morning, a SWAT team raided a St. Louis house in which the plaintiffs lived to execute a search warrant. According to the warrant affidavit, a detective suspected that the house contained heroin, illegal firearms, and drug-trafficking paraphernalia. The team knocked on the door, yelled "police," and quickly began striking...

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