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ROBBINS v. CHRONISTER

No. 02-3115.

402 F.3d 1047 (2005)

Ralph ROBBINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry CHRONISTER, in his personal and official capacity, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Moore (F. Charles Dunlay, Assistant Counsel, on the briefs), Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas Legal Department, Kansas City, KS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Larry J. Leatherman, of Palmer, Leatherman & White, L.L.P., Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney; Barbara L. Herwig, Jonathan H. Levy, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; filed a brief for the Intervenor United States of America.

Before SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee Ralph Robbins prevailed in a § 1983 civil rights suit against Larry Chronister, a police officer who violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The court awarded Mr. Robbins nominal damages of one dollar.1 Robbins v. Chronister, 156 F.Supp.2d 1211 (D.Kan.2001). Applying the Supreme Court's absurdity exception to the plain language rule of statutory...

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