Legal Opinion
John A. Hyde v. Daniel Small and Bill Hedgepath
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 1997No. 97-1268PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff in a suit for false arrest (constituting an unreasonable seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 appeals from the district court’s refusal to award him any attorneys’ fees. The suit was against two Hammond, Indiana police officers, Small and Hedgepath, and the City of Hammond itself. In the course of the three-day trial, the City was dismissed from the case upon its motion for a directed verdict, the plaintiff having failed to establish the City’s complicity in the officers’ tortious acts, and the jury then rendered a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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