Legal Opinion
Robinson v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 21, 1989No. Nos. 87-1146, 87-1778PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Defendant City of Chicago appeals from a judgment in No. 87-1146 declaring unconstitutional its policy permitting investigative detentions and a judgment in No. ST-ITTS declaring unconstitutional its policy of detaining misdemeanor arrestees until their fingerprints cleared. Because no named plaintiff in either action had standing to sue, we reverse both judgments. See City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 103 S.Ct. 1660, 75 L.Ed.2d 675 (1983).
I. Nature of the Case in No. 87-1146 (Robinson)
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