Legal Opinion
Vertia Boyd v. Raymond Adams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 1975No. 74-1337PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This complaint was filed under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1988) seeking damages for illegal arrest and search, unlawful imprisonment and physical brutality. The defendants were the arresting police offi cers, Raymond Adams and Richard Hof-man, then Chicago Superintendent of Police Conlisk, the City of Chicago, then State’s Attorney of Cook County Hanra-han, and Assistant State’s Attorney Paul S. Kayman.
The complaint alleges that at 2:30 p. m. on February 9, 1972, plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile driven by Tommy Jones. The other…
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