Legal Opinion
Harris v. County of Racine
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 4, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-C-635PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
This is an action in diversity brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. It arises out of a judgment entered on March 14,1978, in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action in favor of the plaintiff Sylvester Harris against Richard G. Harvey, Jr., then a county judge in Racine County, Wisconsin. The judgment was in the amount of $60,000 in compensatory damages, $200,000 in punitive damages, and $8,141.36 in costs. According to the complaint the sum of $10,651.51 has been paid toward the judgment, and interest is accumulating at the rate of 7 per cent or $51.42 per day.
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2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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