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CHESTNUT v. HALL

No. 01-2430.

284 F.3d 816 (2002)

Steven J. CHESTNUT, Kimberly M. Cunningham and Bary L. Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Officer Terry HALL, Individually as a Sergeant for the Indianapolis Police Department; Officer Ron Burgess, Individually as an Officer for the Indianapolis Police Department; and Officer David Neal, Individually as an Officer for the Indianapolis Police Department; and the City of Indianapolis, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Sutherlin, argued, Sutherlin & Betz, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey S. McQuary, argued, Office of Corporation Counsel, City of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants filed suit against the defendants-appellees, claiming constitutional rights violations. The case went to trial and a jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellees and against the appellants on all claims. On appeal, the appellants argue that the district court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of a witness's past misconduct and in submitting flawed instructions to the jury. For the following reasons, we...

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