ANDERSON v. HAAS

Nos. 14592, 14593.

341 F.2d 497 (1965)

Ernest L. ANDERSON, Appellant, v. Robert E. HAAS, Joseph Wert and the State of New Jersey. Ernest L. ANDERSON v. Robert E. HAAS, Joseph Wert and the State of New Jersey. Robert E. Haas and Joseph Wert, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Hayden, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Newark, N. J. (Arthur J. Sills, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Trenton, N. J., on the brief), for Robert E. Haas, Joseph Wert and State of New Jersey.

Julius Braun, Lakewood, N. J., for Ernest L. Anderson.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants, New Jersey State Police officers, from a judgment entered against them upon a directed verdict in an action for damages under § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 A cross appeal challenging the measure of damages used by the district court was filed by the plaintiff.

Plaintiff Ernest L. Anderson, a resident of South Toms River, New Jersey, brought...

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