Legal Opinion
Donovan v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 18, 1994No. 92-4112PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff below, Terry Donovan (“Donovan”), commenced this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the City of Milwaukee (the “City”) and several Milwaukee police officers violated Dana Reinartz’s (“Reinartz”) constitutional rights by engaging Reinartz in a high speed chase that ended in a collision killing Reinartz. The district court granted summary judgment for the individual officers on the basis of qualified immunity and for the City because Donovan had failed to state a claim for relief under Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 668,…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by159 opinions
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