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BELLECOURT v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

No. 80193.

152 Ohio App.3d 687 (2003)

2003-Ohio-2468

BELLECOURT et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF CLEVELAND et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided May 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry H. Gilbert, for appellants.

Thomas J. Kaiser, Chief Trial Counsel, and Joseph G. Hajjar, Assistant Law Director, for appellees.

Jillian S. Davis and ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Inc.; Raymond Vasvari, Legal Director of ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Inc., for American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio.

PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON, Judge.

{¶ 1} Vernon Bellecourt and four other individuals appeal from a directed verdict granted by the common pleas court in connection with their Section 1983, Title 42, U.S.Code action against the city of Cleveland and several police officers. The police officers arrested them for aggravated arson after they burned an effigy of Chief Wahoo...

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