U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Case Summaries: March 8, 2010
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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, 8TH CIRCUIT
Baribeau, et al. v. City of Minneapolis, et al. (MLW No. 60286/ Case No. 08-3165 - 37 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)See the full content of this document
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Case Summaries: March 8, 2010
Civil Rights
False ArrestFourth AmendmentQualified Immunity(1)Where plaintiffs, who were arrested for disorderly conduct when they dressed as zombies to protest consumerism during a city festival, brought a civil rights action against the city and the police officers, the arresting officers lacked probable cause for the arrest, and the defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity because they violated the plaintiffs' clearly established rights when they arrested the plaintiffs without arguable probable cause to believe that the plaintiffs had displayed simulated weapons of mass destruction, which were really bags of sound equipment,...See the full content of this document
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