Legal Opinion

Lovelace v. Whitney

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided May 3, 1988No. 84 C 2788PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Pro se plaintiff Eldridge Lovelace brings this action against former Assistant United States Attorney Scott Turow 1 and two other private attorneys, Bernard Whitney and William H. Hall. Turow has filed a motion to dismiss on the basis of absolute immunity. Hall has moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), or for judgment on the pleadings, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c). Whitney has moved for judgment on the pleadings, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c). 2

Facts 3

Lovelace was indicted on April 2, 1980, on five…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Stephen Buckley, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. J. Michael Fitzsimmons, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  2. Heinrich Ex Rel. Heinrich v. SweetDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
  3. Lerch v. BoyerDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1996
  4. LaBoy v. ZuleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
  5. Purk v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1989

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