Legal Opinion

Cannon v. Newport

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 3, 2017No. Nos. 16-1339 & 16-3216PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Billy Cannon appeals the dismissal of two civil rights complaints, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that accuse Milwaukee police, prosecutors, and judges of having violated his constitutional rights during a series of investigations and prosecutions. -

In 2008 a state investigator obtained from a Wisconsin court authorization to intercept calls made to and from- a telephone number being used by suspected drug traffickers. That telephone number was not Cannon’s, but he says he was intercepted during this wiretap. Then on March 17 of the following year Milwaukee police obtained…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Wallace v. KatoSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by54 opinions

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