Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse 111 South 10th Street St. Louis. Photo: Google In Qualified Immunity Ruling Examining Officers' Actions at Protest, 8th Circ. Denies Dismissal Bid
The appeals court set out markedly different reasons and analyses for the two groups of police officers—superior officers involved in the protests and their subordinates—explaining why claims of qualified immunity did not lead to the dismissal of the action.
February 01, 2022 at 02:58 PM
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Constitutional Law
A federal appeals court has rejected a qualified immunity-based dismissal motion lodged by St. Louis police officers being sued for allegedly violating the rights of a man pepper sprayed and arrested at a protest, writing that factual issues must be resolved for both the lawsuit's supervisory officer and subordinate officer defendants.
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