Legal Opinion
Schertz v. Waupaca County
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 22, 1988No. 86-C-739PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
CURRAN, District Judge.
In the early morning hours of July 14, 1985, policeman Gerald Mork was found dead near Iola, Wisconsin. Iola's Police Chief Michael Schertz was subsequently arrested and tried for murdering Mork. However, a jury found Schertz not guilty of the murder and another jury found him not guilty of related charges of theft and misconduct in office. Shortly after the conclusion of this second trial, plaintiffs Michael Schertz and his wife Beverly filed the above-captioned lawsuit seeking compensatory and punitive damages and alleging that the defendants…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Michael Schertz and Beverly Schertz v. Waupaca CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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