[Download] "Cook v. City of Bella Villa" by Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Cook v. City of Bella Villa
- Author : Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 02, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
Description
Diane Cook (Diane) and Michael Cook (Michael) (collectively, Cooks), filed suit against Chief of Police Edward Locke Jr. (Chief Locke) and the City of Bella Villa (City) (collectively, Appellees) for alleged federal civil rights violations. The Cooks included supplemental state law claims against Chief Locke for malicious prosecution and indecent assault and battery, and against the City on a theory of respondeat superior. The Cooks voluntarily dismissed their state law respondeat superior claims against the City. Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment on the Cooks remaining claims. The district court granted summary judgment in part, leaving only three claims for the jury to consider. The Cooks did not pursue the one remaining state law claim, indecent assault and battery. During the jury trial, at the close of all the evidence, the district court granted judgment as a matter of law on the Cooks municipal liability claim. The jury then found for Chief Locke on the remaining claim that Chief Locke, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, improperly touched Diane. The Cooks now assert seven errors. We affirm.