CONTIE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Robert Love, a City Court judge in Memphis, Tennessee, appeals from a jury verdict awarding $10,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Johnny King in this action arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.
I.
In January 1979, King reported to the Tennessee Department of Safety that his driver's license...
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