· 1/20/1970
Curtis Collum, Cross-Appellee v. Frank A. Butler, James Hand, and James Wooten, Cross-Appellants
Citations
- 421 F.2d 1257
- 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 11147
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- new trial or remittitur of $11,500 ordered where verdict was returned in amount of $17,500 for beating by police officers and their refusal to allow telephone call
- new trial or remittitur of $11,500 ordered where verdict was returned in amount of $17,500 for beating by police officers and their refusal to allow telephone call
- unreasonable and unnecessary force used by police to restrain arrested person
- physical attack while in lawful confinement after arrest
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Judges: Swygert, Fairchild, Eschbach
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