United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of defendant's summary judgment motion in a civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, involving alleged arrests without probable cause, is reversed where the district court's conclusions regarding defendant's qualified immunity were in error.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2005
• Decided 12/12/2005
• Published 12/13/2005

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Andrew Frederick Lindemann, Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants.  Donald Gist, Gist Law Firm, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  William H. Davidson, II, Robert D. Garfield, Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, Gist Law Firm, Columbia, South Carolina;  Ernest W. Cromartie, III, Cromartie Law Firm, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.