Legal Opinion
Briggs v. Marshall
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 1996No. 95-1745PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Connie Jo Briggs, Michael Brown, Jr., Michael John Carnes, and Robert Patton, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against Orange County, Indiana, French Lick, Indiana, and a number of French Lick police officers. Their complaint sought compensatory and punitive damages against the individual officers for wrongful arrest and detention, use of excessive force, and various state law torts. The complaint also sought damages against the town and county for the allegedly unlawful actions of the officers.
By the time the case reached trial, the only…
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