Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Byrne
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1984No. 83-1795PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
Two children were asphyxiated during a fire in their residence. The fire broke out in the winter of 1980, at the time of a strike by municipal fire fighters in the City of Chicago. This civil rights case arises from the deaths of those children and from the destruction of property caused by the fire. Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from the district court’s entering summary judgment against them. At issue on appeal is whether defendants-appellees deprived plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ decedents of rights secured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- Alex Benson v. Elmer O. CadyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Cynthia Ketchum v. County of Alameda Alameda County Board of Supervisors Sheriff Glenn Dyer and Chief Ron CainCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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