United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for the city of St. Louis in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action is affirmed where a judicial order incarcerating plaintiff for a violation of a city ordinance due to her daughter's truancy was not a final policy decision of the city of the type creating municipal liability under section 1983.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2007
• Published 01/04/2007

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William E. Moench, argued, St. Louis, MO (Scott P. Hartl, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl W. Yates, III, Associate City Counselor, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.