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CASTELLANO v. FRAGOZO

No. 00-50591.

311 F.3d 689 (2002)

Alfred CASTELLANO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chris FRAGOZO, Etc.; et al., Defendants, Chris Fragozo, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a San Antonio Police Officer; Maria Sanchez, Individually, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy B. Soefje (argued), Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Nathan Mark Ralls (argued), Chaves, Gonzales & Hoblit, San Antonio, TX, Audrey Mullert Vicknair, Chaves, Gonzales & Hoblit, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BARKSDALE and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and DUVAL, District Judge.

DUVAL, District Judge:

This legal saga began eighteen years ago. The central issues in this suit for malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are: (1) whether the jury instructions constituted reversible error, (2) whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and (3) whether there was sufficient evidence to support the award of both economic and compensatory damages. The trial court affirmed the jury's verdict...

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