Legal Opinion
Jack Thompson v. Ray D. Bass, Etc., Dan H. Turner, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1980No. 76-4475, 77-2292PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 action, the jury awarded Jack Thompson, a former Alabama Highway Department pilot damages in the amount of $20,000 for deprivation of his constitutional rights under the first and fourteenth amendments by Dan H. Turner, assistant highway director. In addition, the trial court awarded Thompson $8,000 iñ attorneys’ fees under the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988v Turner appeals both judgments. We conclude that because of the insufficiency of the evidence against Turner, the trial court erred in failing to grant…
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