092696P.pdf   09/01/2010  Melinda Fisher  v.  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2696
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Shepherd,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Civil Rights. Officers had probable cause to arrest plaintiff
   for possession of counterfeit money orders based on a report provided by
   Wal-Mart employees; no error in awarding defendant police officers
   attorneys' fees as there was no evidence to support plaintiff's Section
   1983 claims against them; since the arrest was not unlawful, there was no
   basis for an action for false imprisonment; defamation claim was barred
   by Missouri's doctrine of qualified privilege; plaintiff cannot show that
   Wal-Mart acted with the legal malice necessary to establish a claim for
   malicious prosecution.