United States Fifth Circuit

A release signed prior to the return of items seized during a criminal investigation search did not unambiguously cover items allegedly stolen by police during the search, and the release may not have been voluntary. Summary judgment for the county was improper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/24/2002
• Published 07/24/2002

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jim D. Waide, III,Kristy Lynn Bennett (argued), Waide & Associates, Tupelo, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Timothy Dale Crawley, Kenneth Stephen Womack (argued), Carr, Allison, Crawley & Bagwell, Ridgeland, MS, for Itawamba County, Mississippi., Les Alvis, III, Riley, Ford, Caldwell & Cork, Tupelo, MS, for Western Surety Co., Tom Hunt Cole, Jr., Jackson, MS, for Moore and State of Mississippi.