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TILSON v. FORREST CITY POLICE DEPT.

Nos. 93-1204, 93-1324.

28 F.3d 802 (1994)

Jessie TILSON, Appellee, v. FORREST CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; Joe Goff, Chief, Appellants. Jessie TILSON, Appellant, v. FORREST CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; Joe Goff, Chief; Bill Dooley, Sgt., Individually and in his official capacity; Dewey Ramsey, Officer, Individually and in his official capacity; Dave Parkman, Sheriff, Individually and in his official capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher Long of Forrest City, AR, argued (Gary J. Mitchusson, on the brief), for appellant.

Alvin Lenoard Simes of West Helena, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before MAGILL, Circuit Judge, LAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

The Forrest City Police Department (the Department) and Chief of Police Joe Goff (Goff) appeal the district court's denial of their posttrial motions for judgment as a matter of law1 and for a new trial. In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, the jury found the Department and Goff to have violated the constitutional rights of Jessie Tilson (Tilson). We find that as a matter of law this verdict lacked a "legally sufficient...

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