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LEWIS v. PARISH OF TERREBONNE

No. 88-3500.

894 F.2d 142 (1990)

Anna G. LEWIS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. PARISH OF TERREBONNE, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Godfrey Boquet, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Rausch, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Samuel W. Ethridge, Stephen V. Vallot, Kenner, La., for Lewis.

Jerry L. Hermann, Houma, La., for Terrebonne Parish.

Before DAVIS and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

LITTLE, District Judge:

The warden of a parish prison and a deceased prisoner's widow and children appeal various results of a civil jury trial. The bizarre, if not shocking, facts must be disclosed before venturing into the appellate review process.

Facts

In May of 1985 David Lewis, Jr. was arrested on a charge of attempted forcible rape and was immured in the Terrebonne Parish jail in Houma, Louisiana...

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