Legal Opinion
George Jones, Cross-Appellant v. City of Chicago, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1988No. 87-2536, 88-1127PublishedCited by 775 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
George Jones was arrested, jailed, and charged with murder and other crimes. After these charges were dropped, Jones sued the City of Chicago and several Chicago police officers and a police lab technician under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for false arrest, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and malicious prosecution, as well as conspiracy to commit these wrongs. He alleged that the defendants’ conduct had denied him due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment and violated his rights under the common law of Illinois. A jury awarded him $801,000…
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