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WILSON v. TOWN OF MENDON

Nos. 00-1077, 00-1239 and 00-1240.

294 F.3d 1 (2002)

Richard E. WILSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TOWN OF MENDON, James Crosby, and Dennis Grady, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Hrones, with whom Aderonke O. Lipede and Hrones & Garrity were on brief for appellant.

Leonard H. Kesten, with whom Deidre Brennan Regan and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten were on brief for the Town of Mendon and Dennis Grady, appellees; Stephen C. Pfaff, with whom Merrick, Louison & Costello were on brief for James Crosby, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges and STEARNS, District Judge.

STEARNS, District Judge.

This case, which unfolded against a backdrop of small town intrigue that would have excited the imagination of Grace Metalious,1 raises interesting questions about bifurcation, a common practice in police civil rights cases, and the extent to which the parties to a case may be bound on appeal by their strategic choices at trial.

After a drunk driving arrest and a station house altercation, plaintiff-appellant...

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