Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs.

• Position: Brief Article

U.S. District Court

FALSE IMPRISONMENT

WORK

Johnson v. Board of Police Com'rs, 370 F.Supp.2d 892 (E.D.Mo. 2005). Homeless persons brought a [section] 1983 action against a city police captain and a city, claiming that their Fourth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when they were periodically removed from a downtown area. After the district court entered a preliminary injunction barring the continuation of the alleged harassment, the defendants moved to dismiss. The district court denied the motions. The court held that the Fourth Amendment rights of...