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SMITH v. ELLINGTON

No. 16097.

348 F.2d 1021 (1965)

Thornton SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Buford ELLINGTON, Edward E. Davis, James E. Turner, John Patterson, James Woodroof, E. E. Taylor and wife, Mrs. E. E. Taylor, MacDonald Gallion, and Bernard F. Sykes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

July 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Hyde, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., Wilkerson & Hyde, Manly A. Watson, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief, for appellant.

John C. Curtis, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Edward E. Davis.

Hugh P. Garner, Chattanooga, Tenn., for James E. Turner, Morgan & Garner, Chattanooga, Tenn., on briefs.

E. Blake Moore, Chattanooga, Tenn., for Buford Ellington, W. D. Spears, jack Wilson, Chattanooga, Tenn., on briefs.

Robert P. Bradley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for John Patterson and James Woodroof, and others, Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., on briefs.

Josiah Baker, Chattanooga, Tenn., for E. E. Taylor and wife, Goins, Gammon, Baker & Robinson, Chattanooga, Tenn., on briefs.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and MILLER and CECIL, Circuit Judges.

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Thornton Smith, Jr., brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee against the defendants, hereinafter named, to recover damages in the amount of $150,000.00 plus an additional $150,000.00 as punitive damages, for alleged violations of the Civil Rights Act, Section 1983, Title 42, United States Code. Subsequent amendments...

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