BROWN v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

No. 21-2460.

40 F.4th 895 (2022)

Rodney BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; John Does; Phil Harden; Donald Trump, Defendants Matthew T. Boettigheimer; Joseph Steiger; Steven Korte, Defendants-Appellees American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Elizabeth Breihan , William Patrick Mobley , Roderick & Solange, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brandon David Laird , Erin K. McGowan , Assistant City Counselor, Lawrence L. Pratt , City Counselor's Office, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Molly E. Carney , Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO, Madison E. Churchill , Lisa S. Hoppenja , Tobin Raju , Corbin Robinson , Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, Gillian R. Wilcox , ACLU of Missouri Foundation, Saint Louis, MO, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Rodney Brown was removed from a political rally and arrested for violating a St. Louis, Missouri ordinance that prohibits disturbing the peace. After Brown was acquitted of that charge in state court, he brought claims against, as pertinent to this appeal, three St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) officers ...

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