Legal Opinion
Ben Worsham v. The City of Pasadena
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1989No. 88-2770PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The instant case followed a tortuous procedural path before finally coming to rest before this Court. Briefly, appellant Ben Worsham filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Among the defendants were the City of Pasadena and several city officials in their individual and official capacities. The jury returned a verdict for Worsham against some of the defendants. After originally denying defendants’ motion for a new trial, the district court granted a new trial on the issues of liability and damages. All of the individual defendants were dismissed in their individual…
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