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DUNCAN v. EDWARDS

No. 78-2680 Summary Calendar.

600 F.2d 1069 (1979)

Johnny DUNCAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank E. EDWARDS, Sheriff, Tangipahoa Parish, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben W. Lightfoot, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants.

Scheurmann & Jones, Lawrence Blake Jones, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) civil rights action for false arrest and imprisonment (in a local jail for one day), the district court, following a bench trial, held the Sheriff of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and three of his deputies liable and entered judgment against them, jointly, for $1,000 (in compensatory and punitive damages), together with costs and attorney's fees. The court correctly found that the warrantless arrest and jailing of the...

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