Legal Opinion
Allen Frake, in His Capacity as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Frake v. The City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 24, 2000No. 99-2367PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
A person arrested in Chicago is likely to find himself in a detention facility at a district police station. Because of a potential for suicide, lockup personnel at detention facilities (jailers, in ordinary English) are required to make observations of people as they arrive — observations of signs of pain or injury, of infection, of drug or alcohol intoxication, despondency, and whether the person is carrying medication. In addition, jailers must ask the detainee whether he has ever tried to commit suicide and whether he has any serious medical or mental…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- County of Sacramento v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Ronald Palmer v. Marion County, City of Indianapolis, and Sheriff Jack CotteyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Klebanowski v. SheahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Wragg v. Village of ThorntonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Reginald Pittman v. County of Madison, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
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