Legal Opinion
Spell v. McDaniel
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided March 12, 1985No. 84-06-CIV-3PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES C. FOX, District Judge.
On February 20, 1985, the jury returned its verdict in this action, finding defendants McDaniel, Dalton, Holman, Dixon, Johnson, and through the official supervisory defendants, the City of Fayetteville, liable for violating plaintiff’s constitutional rights and assessed compensatory damages at one thousand dollars. As a result of the jury’s verdict, the parties have filed numerous post-trial motions. Pending before the court are: (1) defendant City of Fayetteville’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, to amend the judgment or…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Spell v. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- No. 00-3297Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., (Three Cases). Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually and as Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department, and William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C., Henry Z. Spell v. Charles D. McDaniel Individually, and Charles D. McDaniel Patrolman, City of Fayetteville Police Department William P. Dalton, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department Roger T. Holman, Command Sergeant, City of Fayetteville Police Department William C. Johnson, Director of Internal Affairs Division, City of Fayetteville Police Department Daniel K. Dixon, Chief, City of Fayetteville Police Department John P. Smith, City Manager, City of Fayetteville and the City of Fayetteville, N.C., a Municipal Corporation Organized Under and Pursuant to the Laws of the State of N.C.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Gries v. Zimmer, Inc.District Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1990
- Ledford v. GibsonDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1986
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