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VETTERS v. BERRY

No. 76-1920.

575 F.2d 90 (1978)

Romie VETTERS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James BERRY and Al Phifer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen W. Wallace, Waverly, Tenn., for Berry.

John Lee Williams, Porch, Peeler & Williams, Waverly, Tenn., for Phifer.

Thomas A. Higgins, Nashville, Tenn., for Phifer and Berry.

Claude Callicott, Callicott, Marshall, Havron & McBroom, Nashville, Tenn., Mark H. Collier, Waverly, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PECK, Circuit Judge, MERRITT, Circuit Judge and THORNTON, Senior District Judge.

THORNTON, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants, James Berry and Al Phifer, from a judgment entered in favor of the appellee, Romie Vetters, Jr., allowing recovery under a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 allegation that Berry and Phifer had deprived Vetters of his civil rights.

Suit was filed against Sheriff Bell, Chief Deputy Sheriff Henry, Deputy Sheriff Berry, police officer Phifer and the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. The suit was compromised...

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