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McKINNON v. CITY OF BERWYN

No. 83-2799.

750 F.2d 1383 (1984)

Larry L. McKINNON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BERWYN, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1984.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing January 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Meyer, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edmund J. Scanlan, Scanlan & Hartigan, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

McKinnon, the plaintiff in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, got a judgment for punitive damages against four policemen in Berwyn, Illinois, and an award of attorney's fees, but he is dissatisfied with the outcome in several respects, and appeals. He challenges the grant of judgment to two of the defendants notwithstanding the verdict — the City of Berwyn (the only defendant against which the jury awarded McKinnon...

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