Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 1984No. 82-2793PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, appeals from an order directing him to release all transcripts and materials of a state grand jury investigation into the death of George Lucas, to the plaintiffs-ap-pellees’ attorneys for use in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse.
I
George Lucas, a 23-year-old black man, died on February 9, 1973 while a pre-trial detainee in the Cook County Jail. The Cook County Coroner’s office commenced an inquest shortly thereafter and determined that Lucas died of natural causes. George Lucas’ mother and two…
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3Cited by36 opinions
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