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MURR v. STINSON

No. 84-5129.

752 F.2d 233 (1985)

Janette Dyke MURR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby STINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben W. Hooper, II, Newport, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

John T. Milburn Rogers (argued), William S. Nunnally, Roberts, Laughlin & Nunnally, Greeneville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Bobby Stinson, Sheriff of Cocke County, Tennessee, appeals from a judgment entered after a jury trial in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Janette Murr, in the amount of $20,000 for compensatory damages and $125,000 for punitive damages. Plaintiff-appellee Janette Dyke Murr brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of due process, assault and battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, intentional...

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