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MORRIS v. TRAVISONO

No. 75-1043.

528 F.2d 856 (1976)

Joseph MORRIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Anthony P. TRAVISONO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Dwight, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Julius C. Michaelson, Atty. Gen., was on brief for appellants.

Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R. I., with whom Hodosh, Spinella, Hodosh & Angelone, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, awarding nominal compensatory damages1 against three of the named defendants and punitive damages2 against two of them. The action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), alleging deprivation of constitutional rights under color of state law. Specifically, plaintiffs...

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