Legal Opinion
Smiddy v. Varney
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1981No. Nos. 79-3078, 79-3480PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Gary Smiddy was arrested in 1973 and charged with the murder of Linda Miller. After the charge was dropped for insufficient evidence, he brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against employees of the Los Angeles Police Department. After trial, the district court entered judgment on a jury verdict awarding him $250,000. The district court added $250,000 in attorney’s fees. The appellants, two sergeants and a polygraph examiner, challenge the judgment on numerous grounds. We reject their arguments that the district court should have directed a verdict in. their favor and that…
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