Frank Bodzin v. City of Dallas, Alonzo Burgin, Steven Padgett, and Skaggs Companies, Inc.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Frank Bodzin appeals the district court's dismissal by directed verdict, judgment upon verdict, and judgment notwithstanding verdict of his claims against two Dallas police officers, the City of Dallas, and Skaggs Companies, Inc. arising from an assertedly illegal arrest for trespass. Persuaded that even under Bodzin’s version of the evidence, the officers had probable cause to arrest, we affirm.

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Because the court entered judgment notwithstanding the jury’s verdict for Bodzin on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim of unconstitutional arrest against one officer,…