Legal Opinion
Bennie Lenard v. Robert Argento and Joseph Sansone
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 1987No. 85-1786PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1977 Bennie Lenard brought this civil rights suit against an Illinois municipality and four of its police officers, seeking damages for events growing out of an arrest. He claimed that the officers had beaten him; and that the officers and the municipality had conspired to deprive him of his right to equal protection of the laws (because he is black), had prosecuted him maliciously, and had conspired to prosecute him maliciously (and thereby to “obstruct justice”). A jury trial resulted in a judgment for $360,000 in damages, and the district judge awarded Lenard…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Mary Beth G. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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