Ronald Magnett v. Joseph Pelletier, William Rhodes, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an award of $500 “cannot be properly regarded as nominal damages,” and reducing nominal damages award to $1.00
• refusing to permit an award of nominal damages in excess of one dollar in civil rights action although trial court had awarded $500
• refusing to permit an award of nominal damages in excess of one dollar in civil rights action although trial court had awarded $500
• “Five hundred dollars charged against an individual police officer is no mere token.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).