Legal Opinion
Matthews v. City of East St. Louis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 2012No. 11-1168PublishedCited by 279 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHADID, District Judge.
Anthony Matthews and Robert Gillespie appeal the district court’s grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendants in this case. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants.
I. BACKGROUND
The following facts are taken according to Matthews and Gillespie. On February 21, 2009, Appellants Matthews and Gillespie were involved in a physical altercation with employees of the Club Casino (“Club”), a nightclub located in East St. Louis, Illinois. The altercation began when Matthews and Gillespie, an R & B…
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