042474P.pdf   10/14/2005  Heartland Academy  v.  Michael Waddle
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2474
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Arnold and Murphy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - civil rights. For the facts of the case , see Heartland v. 
   Waddle, 317 F.Supp. 2nd 984 (E.D. Mo. 2004) and Heartland v. Waddle, 
   335 F.3d 364 (8th Cir. 2003). Neither the Rooker-Feldman doctrine nor 
   principles of comity precluded the district court from assuming 
   jurisdiction over the case; Eleventh Amendment immunity did not bar 
   suit; defendant was not entitled to absolute immunity on claim seeking 
   injunctive relief to prevent future violations of plaintiffs' First, Fourth, 
   and Fourteenth Amendment rights; defendant, a juvenile officer, is not 
   entitled to judicial immunity on claims he improperly obtained judicial 
   orders and removed some children from the home without judicial 
   orders; the doctrine of associational standing applies to Heartland's 
   Fourth Amendment claims; district court's findings that defendant 
   violated defendants' Fourth Amendment rights by obtaining ex parte 
   orders were not clearly erroneous; Heartland had standing to bring claim 
   defendant violated its substantive due process right to family integrity, 
   and the district court's findings with respect to the merits of the claim 
   were not clearly erroneous; district court's finding that defendant violated 
   Heartland's First Amendment associational rights was not clearly 
   erroneous; challenge to injunction rejected.