Legal Opinion
Kompare v. Stein
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 1986No. 85-2628PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOLAND, District Judge.
This action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is before the Court on appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The plaintiffs attempted to impose liability on the defendants, two county medical examiners, for an autopsy that they performed which resulted in the prosecution of one plaintiff for voluntary manslaughter. The plaintiff was acquitted. The question on appeal is whether the defendants’ qualified immunity protects them from suit, or more specifically, whether the defendants violated clearly established constitutional rights by…
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3Cited by73 opinions
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