Legal Opinion
Bill Vangilder v. Brian Baker, City of Lafayette, and Lafayette Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2006No. 05-1119PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
One summer night in 2001, Bill VanGilder was among the revelers at the Linwood Tavern, a watering hole in Lafayette (Tippecanoe County), Indiana. After police responded to a reported brawl at the tavern, VanGilder was arrested for public intoxication by officer Brian Baker. Van-Gilder did not consent to a breath test. Since the Tippecanoe County Jail had a policy of refusing to accept inmates suspected of intoxication until they are seen by a doctor, Baker transported VanGilder to the emergency room of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
VanGilder was not a model patient.…
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