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SMITH v. THORNBURG

No. 96-6456.

136 F.3d 1070 (1998)

Joey Leon SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeff THORNBURG, Kenneth Slagle, Chris Line, Jim Claiborne, Ron Trentham, Mark Fortner, and The City of Knoxville, Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Moncier (argued and briefed), Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert H. Watson, Jr. (argued and briefed), John C. Duffy (briefed), Watson, Hollow & Reeves, Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees Thornburg, Slagle, Line, Claiborne, Trentham, Fortner.

Ronald E. Mills (briefed), City of Knoxville Law Department, Knoxville, TN, Robert H. Watson, Jr., John C. Duffy, Watson, Hollow & Reeves, Knoxville, TN, for Defendant-Appellee City of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Before: KENNEDY, NELSON, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAVID A. NELSON, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 1078-1092), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Joey Leon Smith, appeals from the District Court's order granting summary judgment on behalf of the defendants in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985 for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and conspiracy to violate...

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