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HALL v. ST. HELENA PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPT.

Civ. A. No. 83-200-A.

668 F.Supp. 535 (1987)

Cleo HALL v. ST. HELENA PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Duncan Bridges, individually and in his capacity as Sheriff of St. Helena Parish, David Lea, individually and as deputy sheriff of St. Helena Parish, Alton Clark, Jr. individually and in his capacity as deputy sheriff of St. Helena Parish, St. Helena Parish Police Jury, the Board of Administrators of the St. Helena Parish Hospital, David Adcock, in his capacity as Director of the St. Helena Parish Hospital.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

July 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Lejeune, Labranche & Lejeune, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Ben W. Lightfoot, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

1. Facts

On Saturday, February 20, 1982, plaintiff, Cleo Hall, and Fabian Scott, nineteen year old Negro men who resided in or near Greensburg, Louisiana, were returning home from a job hunting trip to Houston, Texas. They were traveling in plaintiff's 1982 Ford automobile. Both had found employment on a construction job due to start in Houston in about a week. They left Houston...

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