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JOSEPH v. ROWLEN

Nos. 17669, 18105.

425 F.2d 1010 (1970)

David L. JOSEPH, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. James H. ROWLEN, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 1, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton K. Joseph, Chicago, Ill., John A. Lambright, Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant-cross appellee.

Harold A. Baker, Hatch, Corazza, Baker & Jensen, Champaign, Ill., for defendant-appellee-cross appellant.

Before HASTINGS and CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, District Judge.

CAMPBELL,* District Judge.

This case is before this court for the second time. This action is brought by plaintiff under the Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) and charges defendant, a city police officer, with the deprivation of plaintiff's constitutional rights while acting under color of state law, by reason of the false arrest and detention of plaintiff.

At the first trial the district court directed a verdict...

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