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· 8/27/1976

Richard Guzman and Mary Ann Guzman v. The Western State Bank of Devils Lake, a North Dakota Corp.

Citations

  • 540 F.2d 948
  • 21 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 332
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 7373

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  • stating that compensatory damages in a civil rights suit “can be awarded for emotional and mental distress even though no actual damages are proven”
  • award of punitive damages against seller and bank for ex parte attachment and seizure of plaintiffs' mobile home and automobile
  • award of punitive damages against seller and bank for ex parte attachment and seizure of plaintiffs’ mobile home and automobile
  • district court to enter judgment on the remitted punitive damages
  • decided under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

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Judges: Gibson, Lay, Webster

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