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ABRAHAM v. NAGLE

Nos. 96-1949, 96-2008.

116 F.3d 11 (1997)

Abiodun ABRAHAM and Henry Ajao, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Joseph NAGLE, Defendant, Appellant. Abiodun ABRAHAM and Henry Ajao, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Joseph NAGLE, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Perry Roy, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Weise, Chief of Litigation, City of Boston Law Department, with whom Merita A. Hopkins, Corporation Counsel, was on brief, for defendants.

George C. Deptula, with whom George C. Deptula, P.C. was on consolidated brief, for plaintiffs.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, and BOUDIN and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Abiodun Abraham and Henry Ajao sued several police officers and the City of Boston for false arrest and for other alleged wrongs. During trial, the district judge directed a verdict in favor of Ajao on his false arrest claim against the defendant officer Joseph Nagle; the jury found in favor of the defendants on all other claims. Before us are cross-appeals by the plaintiffs and by Nagle.

Our main concern is with the directed verdict...

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