United States Eighth Circuit

In a wrongful death action alleging violations of Missouri's child welfare statutes, denial of qualified immunity to defendant-social workers is reversed where plaintiff cannot demonstrate that the statutes establish a property or liberty interest protected under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2005
• Published 02/07/2005

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joel E. Anderson, argued, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO (John Mollenkamp, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher P. Sweeney, argued, Kansas City, MO (John E. Turner, on the brief), for appellee.