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WILLIS v. COOL

No. 82-2245.

714 F.2d 67 (1983)

James Arthur WILLIS, Appellant, v. Bert W. COOL, Sylvester Young, Sr., and James F. Campbell, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Benson, II, Elizabeth Burkdoll, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Karl F. Schmidt, Morris J. Nunn, J. Emmett Logan, Morrison, Hecker, Curtis, Kuder & Parrish, Manfred Maier, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff claims that three Kansas City, Missouri police officers deprived him of federally protected rights by knowingly causing him to be indicted for murder on the basis of perjured testimony before a grand jury. (Plaintiff was later acquitted at trial.) After plaintiff rested in the § 1983 civil trial, the District Court1 granted defendants' motion for a directed verdict...

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