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NIX v. SWEENEY

No. 78-1885.

599 F.2d 281 (1979)

Dennis NIX, Appellant, v. Donald SWEENEY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Toney, III, Martha Moody and Richard Geissal of ACLU, St. Louis, Mo., on brief for appellant.

David O. Danis and Daniel G. Tobben, of Whalen, O'Connor, Danis & Tobben, St. Louis, Mo., on brief for appellees.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 18, 1979.

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Dennis Nix appeals from the judgment of the District Court1 dismissing his cause of action after a jury verdict in favor of the defendants. Nix contends that the District Court did not follow a prior opinion of this court, Nix v. Sweeney, 573 F.2d 988 (8th Cir. 1978), which reversed in part an earlier judgment...

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