Legal Opinion
Howard Harrell and Sarah Harrell v. Donald Cook, Jack Woods, John Keenan, and a Police Officer Unknown To
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 17, 1999No. 97-3404PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Not everyone believes that banks are the safest or most desirable place to keep cold, hard cash, notwithstanding the existence of safeguards like federal deposit insurance. Howard and Sarah Harrell were among the skeptics. The Harrells had in excess of $95,-000 stashed away in a cooler in the crawl space under their house. One day, they discovered that the cash, but not the cooler, had vanished. This case arises out of their belief that the local police department bungled the investigation, or worse, when it lost key evidence. They sued Jacksonville, Illinois,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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