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SHILLINGFORD v. HOLMES

Civ. A. No. 78-3702.

490 F.Supp. 795 (1980)

Charles V. SHILLINGFORD, Plaintiff, v. Van E. HOLMES, Individually and as a Police Officer of New Orleans Police Department and the XYZ Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

April 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Douglas Howard, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Donald A. Hoffman, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

The plaintiff Charles V. Shillingford seeks to recover for alleged severe injuries to his face inflicted by the defendant Van E. Holmes, an officer of the New Orleans Police Department, when he slammed his nightstick into plaintiff's camera with such force that the impact forced the camera into plaintiff's face. The plaintiff contends that the defendant, while acting under color of state law, deprived him of rights guaranteed by the Constitution...

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