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WAKAT v. HARLIB

No. 12151.

253 F.2d 59 (1958)

Leslie George WAKAT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter F. HARLIB, Irwin Haviland, Harold T. Thompsen, Thomas J. Murphy and Thomas V. Lyons, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

March 4, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Melaniphy, Corp. Counsel, Harry H. Pollack, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., (Sydney R. Drebin, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., of counsel) for appellant.

Peter B. Atwood, Eugene T. Devitt, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and SCHNACKENBERG and HASTINGS, Circuit Judges.

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendants guilty as charged in count I of plaintiff's complaint and assessed his damages at $10,000, and found them guilty as charged in count II of said complaint and assessed plaintiff's damages at $5,000. Judgment was entered on the verdicts and this appeal followed.

Both counts are based upon alleged violations of the federal civil rights act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq. Particularly count I relies upon 42...

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