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· 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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