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HAYS v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, KY.

Nos. 80-3010, 80-3011.

668 F.2d 869 (1982)

Donald L. HAYS, Jr., and Michael C. Potter, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, Wilbur Bilyeu and Russell McDaniel, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Mosley, N. Scott Lilly, Asst. Jefferson County Attys., Louisville, Ky., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Joseph L. White, Pallo, White & Prizant, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before MERRITT and JONES, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, District Judge.

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

This civil rights case arose from a violent altercation between police and demonstrators on the night of September 26, 1975, at Bittersweet Shopping Center in southwestern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The final judgment below awarded plaintiff Hays compensatory damages of $20,000 against Jefferson County, and $5,000 each against Col. Russell McDaniel and Major Wilbur Bilyeu. Plaintiff Potter was awarded compensatory damages of $2...

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