Legal Opinion
Berrell Freeman v. Gerald A. Berge
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2006No. 05-2820PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (denial of federal right under color of state law) found that the defendants, officials at a Wisconsin prison, had inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on inmate Freeman by denying him meals. The jury awarded him $50,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, incomprehensible in light of the evidence, aggregating $1.2 million. The judge granted judgment as a matter of law for the defendants. Freeman appeals from that judgment, seeking reinstatement of the jury’s verdict.
Freeman is serving a 58-year sentence in…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of HealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Orrin S. Reed v. Daniel McBrideCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by116 opinions
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