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PIPER v. OLIVER

Nos. 95-1040, 95-1472, 95-1473 and 95-1474.

69 F.3d 875 (1995)

Victor PIPER; Weston Goudy; Goudy Bail Bond Company; Kent Goudy, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. David OLIVER; Dennis Roberts, Defendants/Appellants. Victor PIPER, Plaintiff/Appellant, Weston Goudy; Goudy Bail Bond Company; Kent Goudy, Plaintiffs, v. David OLIVER; Dennis Roberts, Defendants/Appellees. Victor PIPER; Weston Goudy; Goudy Bail Bond Company; Kent Goudy, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. David OLIVER; Dennis Roberts, Defendants/Appellants. Victor PIPER, Plaintiff/Appellant, Weston Goudy; Goudy Bail Bond Company; Kent Goudy, Plaintiffs, v. David OLIVER; Dennis Roberts, Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick D. Hogan, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued (Winston Bryan as Attorney General of Arkansas, and Robert A. Russell, Jr., on the brief), for appellants/cross-appellees.

H.E. Cummins, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued, for appellee/cross-appellants.

Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 29, 1995.*

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant police officers contest the district court's1 award of attorney's fees in favor of Victor Piper in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in which Piper recovered only nominal damages. We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Piper, an Arkansas bail bondsman, was illegally detained...

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