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LANGUIRAND v. HAYDEN

No. 81-4329.

717 F.2d 220 (1983)

John LANGUIRAND, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. John HAYDEN, An Individual, Defendant, City of Pass Christian, Etc., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee N. Perry, George E. Morse, Frank P. Wittmann, III, Gulfport, Miss., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Norman Breland, Gulfport, Miss., Walter J. Gex, III, Bay St. Louis, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 30, 1983.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

In this case we venture into the labyrinth of municipal liability under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.1 Conscious of the grievous injury suffered by the plaintiff-appellee, we nevertheless reverse because the evidence fails to establish such a custom or policy of the City defendant as required for municipal liability under section 1983.

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