Legal Opinion
Gordon H. Cohn v. Richard William Papke and Joseph Charles Brazas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1981No. 79-3531, 79-3664 and 79-3729PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Claiming that he was a victim of police brutality, plaintiff-appellant Gordon Cohn brought this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California law, seeking general and punitive damages from defendants-ap-pellees Richard Papke and Joseph Brazas, Los Angeles police officers. Cohn alleged deprivation of specified constitutional rights and invoked pendent jurisdiction for parallel state causes of action.
Trial by jury commenced on May 8, 1978. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of both of the appellees and against Cohn. The district court then awarded the appellees attorney’s fees in the…
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