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CLARK v. TAYLOR

No. 82-1746.

710 F.2d 4 (1983)

Sidney A. CLARK, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Donald TAYLOR, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen G. Cooney, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Dennis J. Roberts, III, Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Edward L. Gerstein, with whom Gerstein & Stolle, Providence, R.I., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee Douglas S. Gomes.

Before COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, Senior District Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants appeal from two jury verdicts holding them liable to plaintiff, Douglas S. Gomes, for violation of his constitutional and state law rights and awarding him $75,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. On appeal, as in the proceeding below, defendants challenge both the sufficiency of the evidence to support the liability of each defendant on the theories advanced by plaintiff and the excessiveness of the damage award. The state also...

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