PER CURIAM.
This application presents the narrow issue of whether punitive damages are recoverable in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit brought in a Louisiana state court. In an amended petition filed in his § 1983 suit against the City of Alexandria for the death of a prison inmate in the city's jail, plaintiff asserted a right to the recovery of punitive damages.
Defendant filed an "exception of no cause of action/motion to...
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