United States Tenth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that traffic police for a town issued tickets for infractions committed outside the town's boundaries, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed where the traffic stops outside municipal boundaries did not violate clearly established Fourth Amendment law at the time of the violations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/19/2009
• Published 08/19/2009

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before HARTZ, SEYMOUR, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric M. Ziporin (Elliot J. Scott with him on the briefs), Senter Goldfarb & Rice, L.L.C., Denver, CO, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Althea S. Licht (David A. Lane with her on the brief), Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, Denver, CO, for Appellees.