Legal Opinion
Scott v. Plante
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 1981No. Nos. 80-1314, 80-1315 and 80-1596PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Allen Bodine Scott appeals, and certain defendants cross-appeal, from a final judgment which disposed of all Scott’s claims after trial of his numerous complaints charging violations of his civil rights. Several of those claims were submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict in his favor on two of them and in favor of the defendants on one. On a post-trial motion the district court granted partial relief from the verdicts in Scott’s favor. Those claims that were not submitted to the jury were tried to the court, which denied all requests for…
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3Cited by38 opinions
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