DUCKWORTH v. FORD

No. 95-1381.

83 F.3d 999 (1996)

Melvin Eugene DUCKWORTH, Appellee, v. John H. FORD, Appellant. Richard C. Rice, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawrence Presson, Jefferson City, MO, argued. Jerremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., on brief, for appellant.

James Christopher Spangler, Sedalia, MO, argued. Mark T. Kempton, Sedalia, on brief, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

John H. Ford appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court1 for the Western District of Missouri, upon a jury verdict, in favor of Melvin Eugene Duckworth in this civil rights action. For reversal, Ford argues there was insufficient evidence as a matter of law to support the jury verdict and that the district court abused its discretion in admitting into evidence certain information...

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