McCALPINE v. FOERTSCH

No. 87-1664.

870 F.2d 409 (1989)

William McCALPINE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John FOERTSCH and Tom Revane, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie J. Peiler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Walter D. Braud, Braud, Warner, Ltd., Rock Island, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Tom Revane and John Foertsch appeal from the jury's award of compensatory damages in favor of plaintiff-appellee William McCalpine in a § 1981 suit for intentional discrimination based on race. At the conclusion of defendants' case, the court denied Foertsch and Revane's motion for a directed verdict. The jury returned a verdict against defendants Foertsch and Revane...

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