Legal Opinion
Steve Rodgers v. Lincoln Towing Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 1985No. 84-2823PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Steve Rodgers filed the instant suit alleging numerous violations of his civil rights by the various defendants on October 6, 1983. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint on December 1, 1983, 1 but on March 29,1984, the district court granted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim filed by several of the defendants under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). 596 F.Supp. 13 (N.D.Ill.1984). The trial court also assessed one-third of the defendant’s attorney’s fees and costs as sanctions against Rodgers’ lawyers under Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. Id. at 22. After the district court…
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3Cited by258 opinions
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