Legal Opinion
Maria Levka v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 2, 1985No. 84-1055PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether a jury verdict in the amount of $50,000 rendered in favor of plaintiff-appellee as compensatory damages for an unconstitutional strip search is excessive. Plaintiff brought this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that defendant-appellee, the City of Chicago, violated her civil rights when Chicago police officers subjected her to a strip search after her arrest for a misdemeanor offense. As we have held previously, defendant’s former policy searching female arrestees violated both the Fourth Amendment right to be free…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mary Beth G. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Grunenthal v. Long Island Rail RoadSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Helen L. Huff, Administratrix of the Estate of Jessee Huff, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. White Motor Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- William J. Phillips and Dorothy R. Phillips v. Hunter Trails Community AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Clara Galard v. Dean JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Palmer RAMSEY, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIR FILTER CO., INC., Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Weber v. DellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Cygnar v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Weber v. DellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Joseph L. Bailey v. Kevin C. AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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