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BREWER v. BLACKWELL

No. 81-3627.

692 F.2d 387 (1982)

Joseph BREWER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M. Prentiss BLACKWELL, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Frank M. RePass, III, Slidell, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edward A. Shamis, Jr., Slidell, La., for Blackwell.

Ronald W. Guth, Wm. J. Faustermann, Jr., Slidell, La., for McGehee and Pearl River.

Before RUBIN and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and VERON, District Judge.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

On a winter day in 1978, four young men working for a company engaged in pruning trees were sent to dump a load of what they thought to be tree branches at a rural landfill. Their arrest on the felony charge of contaminating water supplies, see La.Rev.Stat.Ann. 14:58 (West 1974), because the load they dumped contained garbage, led to this suit for $1.5 million in compensatory and $1.5 million in punitive damages. They sued a justice...

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