1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 956 F.2d
  5. 956 F.2d 488 (1992)
 

FLOWERS v. PHELPS

No. 90-3334.

956 F.2d 488 (1992)

Alfred FLOWERS, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. C. Paul PHELPS, et al., Defendants, v. Norman JOHNSON, David Blaylock and Robert McBride, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Kopsa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kimberly Slay Morgan, Staff Atty., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., La. Dept. of Justice, Div. of Risk Litigation, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Alfred Flowers, pro se.

Before THORNBERRY, KING, and DEMOSS, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants Norman Johnson, David Blaylock, and Robert McBride, correctional officers at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, appeal the judgment of the district court awarding a total of $3,000 in actual damages, $25,000 in punitive damages and $1,406.25 in attorney's fees to Alfred Flowers, an inmate, as a result of injuries sustained by Flowers in a beating by the defendants. Flowers cross-appeals the district court's reduction...

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