Legal Opinion
Dick v. Watonwan County
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided April 11, 1983No. CIV 4-82-116PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the defendants’ alternative motions to amend the judgment, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial, and the plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. The plaintiffs claimed a violation of their constitutional rights stemming from their involuntary confinement to detoxification centers for a period of three days. After a nine day trial, the jury found each of the defendants liable and assessed compensatory damages in the aggregate amount of $1 million and punitive damages in the…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Mitchum v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States Football League v. National Football LeagueDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Fressell v. AT & T Technologies, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
- Dick v. Watonwan CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- In Re Scott County Master DocketDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
- Friedlander v. NimsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
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