Legal Opinion
Doty v. Carey
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 22, 1986No. 84 C 9420PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Betty Doty, as the personal representative of her brother Gregory Shearer and on behalf of his estate, seeks redress for his death from two Chicago police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Roosevelt Shearer brings his own § 1983 action against the same officers for the loss of society of his son. Plaintiff Doty also has brought a pendent claim for wrongful death under Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 70, HU 1 and 2, for the benefit of Gregory Shearer’s spouse, Myrna, and his next of kin, his father. The defendants move to dismiss the federal…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Strandell v. Jackson County, Ill.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 1986
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