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CLARK v. ZIEDONIS

No. 74-1157.

513 F.2d 79 (1975)

Edmund Gordon CLARK, a minor, suing by Buster Clark, his father and next friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph ZIEDONIS, Individually, and in his capacity as Police Officer in the Police Department of the City of Milwaukee, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph T. Randa, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Gary A. Gerlach, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and TONE, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs Edmund Clark and Edward Travis, both minors, sued defendant, a Milwaukee police officer, for violating their constitutional rights by purportedly using excessive force while arresting them.1 In a bench trial, the district court concluded that defendant had used excessive force in making these arrests. Clark was awarded $5000 in damages and Travis was...

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