Legal Opinion
Larry L. McKinnon v. City of Berwyn, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 1985No. 83-2799PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
McKinnon, the plaintiff in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, got a judgment for punitive damages against four policemen in Berwyn, Illinois, and an award of attorney’s fees, but he is dissatisfied with the outcome in several respects, and appeals. He challenges the grant of judgment to two of the defendants notwithstanding the verdict — the City of Berwyn (the only defendant against which the jury awarded McKinnon compensatory damages) and the city’s chief of police, Caithamer. He challenges the remittitur ordered by the judge of a portion of the punitive…
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