Legal Opinion
Shorters v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 6, 1985No. 85 C 6078PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
On July 2, 1985 Vickie Shorters (“Shorters”) and Delores Clark (“Clark”) sued the City of Chicago (“City”) and Chicago police officer George Weir (“Weir”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”), seeking damages for an alleged violation of plaintiffs’ civil rights in August 1982. Defend ants then moved under Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 12(b)(6) to dismiss plaintiffs’ Complaint, in part on the grounds it is barred by the applicable statute of limitations. 1 For the reasons stated in this memorandum opinion and order, the Complaint survives that…
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- Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. TomanioSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by31 opinions
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