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BOHANNON v. PEGELOW

No. 80-2409.

652 F.2d 729 (1981)

J. B. BOHANNON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard A. PEGELOW, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph M. Konrad, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Curry First, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SPRECHER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

On April 7, 1978, the plaintiff, J. B. Bohannon, was arrested by a Milwaukee Vice Squad detective and charged with pandering. After the charge was dismissed, he filed this action against the arresting officer, Howard Pegelow, claiming that he was arrested without probable cause and in violation of his civil rights. The cause was tried before a jury which awarded plaintiff $10,000 in compensatory damages and $15,000 in punitive...

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