FINCH v. CITY OF VERNON

Nos. 87-3751, 88-3508.

877 F.2d 1497 (1989)

Leonard FINCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF VERNON, etc., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Clark Rogers, et al., Defendants, J.C. Armstrong, Jr., Coleman Armstrong, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. John A. REDDICK, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rubert D. Reddick, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF VERNON, etc., Defendants, Cross-Appellees, Harrell Sapp, etc., et al., Defendants, J.C. Armstrong, Jr., Coleman Armstrong, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. Leonard FINCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. The CITY OF VERNON, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Clark Rogers, et al., Defendants, J.C. Armstrong, Jr., Defendant-Appellee. John A. REDDICK, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rubert D. Reddick, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF VERNON, et al., Defendants, J.C. Armstrong, Jr., Coleman Armstrong, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Armstrong, Jr., Vernon, Fla., pro se.

Julius F. Parker, Jr., Parker, Skelding McVoy, & Labasky, Tallahassee, Fla., for City of Vernon.

George J. Little, Marianna, Fla., Larry A. Bodiford, Hutto, Nabors & Bodiford, Panama City, Fla., for Finch in No. 87-3751.

George J. Little, Marianna, Fla., for Finch and Reddick in No. 88-3508.

Before JOHNSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the district court's entry of judgment after a jury trial against two individuals and the City of Vernon, Florida, on a variety of claims brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and Florida law, in favor of the former police chief of the City of Vernon and an individual plaintiff. The claims arose from the termination of Police Chief Finch's employment with the City of Vernon and from an altercation that erupted at a public...

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