Legal Opinion
Douglas Gregory v. John J. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1974No. 72-3000PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Gregory sued for damages for violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint, supported by testimony in a trial to a jury in the District Court for the District of Arizona, was that he was subjected to an assault and battery by defendant Thompson, a justice of the.peace, in the latter’s courtroom. The court entered judgment on a jury verdict in the amount of $1,500 actual damages and $500 punitive damages.
On this appeal, Judge Thompson contends that two essential elements of a civil rights claim are lacking and that he…
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