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CARTER v. LYNCH

No. 13778.

429 F.2d 154 (1970)

John Wesley CARTER, Appellee, v. Troy Joe LYNCH, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rogers W. Kirven, Florence, S. C. (Matthew J. Perry, Columbia, S. C., on brief) for appellant.

Robert J. Thomas, Columbia, S. C. (John Gregg McMaster, Columbia, S. C., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

A civil judgment of damages in favor of John Wesley Carter against Troy Joe Lynch, Jr. and an order refusing discharge from a civil arrest for contempt for failure to pay it, are now appealed. We uphold these judgments of Judge Hemphill in the South Carolina Federal Court.

I.

The jury awarded $50,000 damages for physical assault of Carter by Lynch — an aggregate of $15,000 compensatory and $35,000 punitive....

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