TOWN OF JACKSON v. SHAW

Nos. 4747 and 4748.

569 P.2d 1246 (1977)

TOWN OF JACKSON, Appellant (Defendant below), Chuck Argento and John Dorsey (Defendants below), v. Peter B. SHAW, Appellee (Plaintiff below). Chuck ARGENTO and John Dorsey, Appellants (Defendants below), Town of Jackson, (Defendant below), v. Peter B. SHAW, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Larson, Jackson, signed the brief for appellant and defendant, Town of Jackson, and waived oral argument.

Paul O. Vaughn, Jackson, signed the brief for appellants and defendants, Chuck Argento and John Dorsey, and waived oral argument.

Robert B. Ranck, Ranck & Bommer, Jackson, signed the brief for appellee, Peter B. Shaw, and waived oral argument.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ., and J.F. MAHONEY, District Judge.


RAPER, Justice.

Appellants-defendants appeal a jury verdict and judgment entered by the district court for Teton County, Wyoming, awarding appellee-plaintiff $5,000.00 compensatory and $10,000.00 punitive damages against them, jointly, based on an action in false arrest. In this review, the questions raised concern:

1. Probable cause for arrest;

2. Damages awarded...

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