Anthony Bogan v. Kenneth Stroud, Sheila Redd and Dwight Anderson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding a punitive damages award of $7,000 when zero compensatory damages were awarded in an excessive force case
• court should set aside punitive damages award only if “it exceeds what is required to serve the objectives of deterrence and punishment”
• $7000 in total punitive damages against three prison officers who beat and stabbed an inmate after subduing him
• district court’s instructions, even if erroneous, become the law of that case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).