Legal Opinion
Stephen L. Ustrak, Cross-Appellant v. James W. Fairman, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 1986No. 85-1089, 85-1164PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Stephen Ustrak, an alumnus of the Illinois state prison at Pontiac, where he served time for burglary and related offenses and for bail jumping, won a verdict of almost $50,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for violations of his civil rights by the warden. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The warden appeals. Ustrak cross-appeals from the grant of summary judgment in the warden’s favor on one count in the complaint.
Ustrak is white, as were all the members of the jury; 80 to 90 percent of the prisoners in Pontiac are black, as is the warden, Fairman, although 80 to 90 percent of…
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3Cited by114 opinions
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