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SMITH v. HEAROD

No. 73-2758.

498 F.2d 663 (1974)

Willie SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby HEAROD et al., Defendants, Bobby Hearod and Bertrand Dugas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Leppert, G. Wray Gill, Sr., New Orleans, La., for Hearod and Dugas.

Richard G. Steiner, Gretna, La., for Walter J. LeBla.

Joseph F. Bishop, Jr., Valentine K. Scheurich, III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Willie Smith sued Bobby Hearod and Bertrand Dugas, members of the Gretna, Louisiana, police force, for damages under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq. as a result of personal injuries sustained by Smith in an altercation that occurred when the two officers attempted to arrest him. The jury found for Smith, and the defendants appeal, charging error in the refusal to give requested jury charges, prejudicial comments by the district court during...

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