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HINDMAN v. CITY OF PARIS, TEX.

No. 83-2495.

746 F.2d 1063 (1984)

Otis HINDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, Andrew Smith, and Charles G. Whitley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.K. Haynes, City Atty., Hardy Moore, Paris, Tex., for The City of Paris, Tx.

J.D. McLaughlin, Paris, Tex., for Smith & Whitley.

Jim D. Lovett, James R. Rodgers, Paris, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, TATE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The city of Paris, Texas and two Paris police officers appeal from a judgment entered against them for violating Hindman's civil rights in the course of obtaining and executing a warrant of arrest. In a bifurcated trial of liability and damages, a jury found that Hindman had been arrested without probable cause, and that the arresting officers had not acted in good faith. Eighteen months later, a different jury awarded Hindman...

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