Legal Opinion
Craig S. Strauss v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, and Chicago Police Officer John Doe
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 1985No. 84-2218PublishedCited by 442 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Craig Strauss filed suit against the City of Chicago (the “City”) and Chicago Police Officer John Doe under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 The district court granted the City’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, causing plaintiff to file a timely notice of appeal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm the judgment of the lower court for the reasons stated herein.
I
For purposes of this Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion, we take the factual allegations in plaintiff’s complaint as true. Strauss’ complaint arises out of an incident on March…
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