Rose Ann Wilkerson, Ray Wilkerson and Sharon Sutton v. Harold Johnson, Fred Bush, Roy "Bud" Nail, Jr., and Lola Wooldridge

Decided 1983-02-09

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MERRITT, Circuit Judge. The defendants, agents of the Tennessee Board of Barber Examiners, a state licensing agency, appeal a jury verdict for compensatory and punitive damages awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). Plaintiffs, applicants for a license to operate a barber shop in Knoxville, claim that defendants deprived them of liberty and…

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