Legal Opinion
Margie P. Hollins v. Robert Lee Powell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1985No. 84-1806PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendants, the City of Wellston and Robert Powell, appeal from a judgment entered by the district judge 1 upon a jury verdict finding them liable for violating the • plaintiffs’ — Margie Hollins’, Mamie Wallace’s, Annette McNeil’s and Lloyd Brown’s —constitutional rights. We affirm the liability verdict, but remand this case to the district court with orders to remit the compensatory damage award to $40,000.00, and to remit the punitive damage award against Powell to $2,000. If the plaintiffs decline to accept the remittitur, they may have a new…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- City of Oklahoma v. TuttleSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Owen v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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