Charles Frier, Jr. v. City of Vandalia, Illinois

770 F.2d 699

Charles FRIER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

CITY OF VANDALIA, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 84-3113.

United States Court of Appeals,

Seventh Circuit.

Argued June 7, 1985.

Decided Aug. 23, 1985.

Bruce Goldstein, Edwardsville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

A.J. Bronsky, Brown, James & Rabbitt, Belleville, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

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The City of Vandalia is fairly small (the population is less than 2500), and apparently its police have maintained informal ways. When Charles Frier…