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McKINLEY v. TRATTLES

Nos. 83-1345, 83-1406.

732 F.2d 1320 (1984)

LaRon McKINLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lt. Gary TRATTLES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Harth, Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey Gabrysiak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to apply the standards for awards of punitive damages in civil rights cases announced last year in Smith v. Wade, 461 U.S. 30, 103 S.Ct. 1625, 75 L.Ed.2d 632 (1983). A jury here awarded plaintiff LaRon McKinley $15,000 in punitive damages from defendant Michael Hammer for conducting a strip search in an unconstitutional manner. The district court, on Hammer's motion for judgment notwithstanding...

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