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BRUETTE v. KNOPE

Civ. A. No. 81-C-1271.

554 F.Supp. 301 (1983)

Arthur J. BRUETTE and Ronald Wayka, Plaintiffs, v. James KNOPE, individually and in his capacity as Shawano County Sheriff; George Johnson, individually and in his capacity as a Shawano County Deputy Sheriff; James Tourtillott, individually and in his capacity as Menominee County Sheriff; Clyde Delabrue, individually and in his capacity as a Menominee County Deputy Sheriff; Lloyd Heinz, individually and in his capacity as Shawano County Chief Deputy Sheriff; Larry A. Roth, individually and in his capacity as a Shawano County Deputy Sheriff; the Menominee County Sheriff's Department, Menominee County, the Shawano County Sheriff's Department, Shawano County, and several unknown law enforcement officers of the Shawano County Sheriff's Department, the Menominee County, Sheriff's Department and the Menominee Indian Reservation Tribal Police Department, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

January 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Shriner, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Rita Keshena, Keshena, Wis., for defendants Fish, Herrera, Snow, Waukau, Frechette, Weso and Davidson.

William W. Ehrke, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants Knope, Johnson, Heinz, Roth, Shawano County Sheriff's Dept. and Shawano County.

John M. Moore, Madison, Wis., and Gary Bruno, Asst. Dist. Atty., Shawano, Wis., for defendants Tourtillott, Delabrue, Menominee County and Menominee County Sheriff's Dept.

DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

In this action, the plaintiffs, members of the Menominee Indian Tribe, have brought suit against seventeen county and tribal officials, individually and in their official capacities, alleging ten causes of action arising from a car chase, crash, and subsequent arrest. Each of the seventeen defendants has moved to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...

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