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SMITH v. HOLTZ

No. 99-7046.

210 F.3d 186 (2000)

JAY C. SMITH, Appellant v. John J. HOLTZ, Bureau of Technical Services, Pennsylvania State Police; Ronald F. Coyler, Bureau of Technical Services, Pennsylvania State Police; Victor Dove; John J. Purcell, Special Agent in Charge, Central Regional Office, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Office of the Attorney General; William J. Lander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Office of the Attorney General; Paul Yatron

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Williams (Argued), Williams & Cuker, Philadelphia, PA, Leslie M. Fields, Costopoulos Foster & Fields, Lemonye, PA, for Appellant.

D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General Gregory R. Neuhauser (Argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.

Before: SLOVITER, NYGAARD and McKEE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Jay C. Smith, the former principal of Upper Merion High School in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendants in the civil rights suit he filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The suit arose from an infamous murder and prosecution that were the subjects of books by noted author, Joseph Wambaugh, as well as Smith's criminal defense attorney. The prosecution also generated a host of...

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