Legal Opinion
Spell v. McDaniel
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1987No. Nos. 85-1524, 85-1523, 85-1691, 85-1714 and 85-1757PublishedCited by 795 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in which after two trials Henry Spell was awarded substantial damages against the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina (the City), and Charles McDaniel, a City police officer, as a result of physical injury inflicted on Spell by McDaniel while Spell was in McDaniel’s custody following Spell’s arrest. McDaniel and the City have appealed, assigning various trial rulings as error and challenging as unreasonable the amount of attorney fees awarded to Spell as prevailing party.
We find no reversible error in the trials and…
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