Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Pippin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 24, 1996No. 95-10380PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
In this case, a Texas sheriff and a county appeal a judgment awarding damages to a murder suspect that the sheriff raped. We affirm the award against the sheriff individually, reverse the judgment against the county, and remand for a new trial.
I
We describe the pre-trial proceeding in some detail, given the unusual procedural posture that this case has reached. In a complaint filed in June of 1992, Ellen Bennett sued Presley Pippin in the Western District of Texas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Texas common law and demanded trial by jury. The complaint named…
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