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GARRIS v. ROWLAND

No. 81-1215.

678 F.2d 1264 (1982)

Walter E. GARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. G. F. ROWLAND, Officer, Fort Worth Police Department, and City of Fort Worth, Texas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Henderson, Asst. City Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Don Gladden, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee, Walter E. Garris, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Defendants-Appellants, Officer G. F. Rowland, the Fort Worth Police Department and the City of Fort Worth, Texas, alleging a violation of his civil rights resulting from his unlawful arrest in March, 1978. Garris successfully recovered $25,000 in damages after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas who ordered expunction...

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