Legal Opinion
George Hinshaw v. Bob Doffer, Individually and as Chief of Police, Perryton, Texas Ron Wyrick, Individually and as a Police Officer, Perryton, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1986No. 85-1226PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:
In this civil rights action, defendants-appellants Bob Doffer and Ron Wyrick, the former police chief and a police officer, respectively, of Perryton, Texas, appeal from individual and joint and several judgments entered against them following a jury trial. Finding the judgments against Doffer unsupported by the evidence, the judgments against Wyrick supported by the evidence, and Wyrick’s other grounds of error without merit, we reverse the judgments against Doffer and affirm the judgments against Wyrick.
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On appeal, as in the district court, the facts of…
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