Legal Opinion
Villano v. City of Boynton Beach
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 2001No. 99-4318, 99-14277 and 00-10012PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1304McKAY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant brought separate appeals challenging the reduction of his attorney fee award and seeking sanctions against Appellees for misconduct during trial. Those issues have been consolidated on appeal.
Appellant prevailed in his civil rights action against the City of Boynton Beach and its police officer. The action arose from an encounter Appellant had in 1994. Out of uniform and driving an unmarked car, Officer Bateson had followed Appellant’s car in a way that caused Appellant to believe he was in danger of being robbed. While stopped at an intersection, Appellant saw…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Blanchard v. BergeronSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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