1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 771 F.2d
  5. 771 F.2d 1475 (1985)
 

PRUITT v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALA.

No. 84-7571.

771 F.2d 1475 (1985)

Darryl PRUITT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Black, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

N. Gunter Guy, City Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for City of Montgomery.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Joseph G.L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for intervenors, State of Ala. and Atty. Gen. of Ala.

Ira A. Burnim, Dennis Charles Sweet, III, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 28, 1985.

R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant City of Montgomery (the "City") challenges a jury verdict in favor of appellee Darryl Pruitt ("Pruitt") on Pruitt's claim under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 that a Montgomery police officer's unconstitutional use of "deadly force" caused him severe and permanent physical injury. The district court held, based upon its earlier decision in Ayler v. Hopper...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases