CABRAL v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 91-1263, 91-1344.

961 F.2d 998 (1992)

Francisco CABRAL, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. William SULLIVAN, Defendant, Appellant. Francisco CABRAL, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. William SULLIVAN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1992.

As Amended April 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Deptula, with whom Karin A. Gregory and Berlin, Clarey, Deptula & Levee, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants.

Kevin S. Nixon, with whom Henry F. Owens, III, and Owens & Associates, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs.

Before CAMPBELL and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, Senior District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a complaint brought by a private citizen, Francisco Cabral, and his wife, Maria Cabral, against two police officers, William Sullivan and Donald Breault. A jury returned a verdict in favor of both officers, and plaintiffs presented a motion for a new trial on the ground that all of the ten jurors impanelled had been allowed to deliberate in contravention of Rule 47 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local...

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