Legal Opinion
Oden v. Oktibbeha County MS
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2001No. 99-60878PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Oktibbeha County, Sheriff Dolph Bryan in his official capacity, and Dolph Bryan individually appeal from the judgment of the district court in which a jury awarded plaintiff Jesse Oden compensatory and punitive damages for Sheriff Bryan’s failure to promote Oden to chief deputy. We reverse the punitive and compensatory damages against Oktibbeha County and Dolph Bryan individually and affirm the jury’s compensatory damage award against Sheriff Bryan in his official capacity.
I. Facts
In September of 1976, Jesse Oden and George Carrithers joined the…
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