Legal Opinion
Benjamin M. Anderson, and David M. Kahn v. County of Montgomery, State of Illinois, Kelly D. Long, Boatmen's National Bank of Central Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 4, 1997No. 96-2524, 96-2525PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Anderson thinks he should not have been convicted of misdemeanor theft. Usually such a contention is aired in a criminal appeal or a habeas corpus petition, but because Anderson long ago finished serving his short jail term, he instead seeks damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This appeal involves the dismissal of Anderson’s suit and the sanctions imposed on his attorney, David Kahn, who filed and pursued the case on Anderson’s behalf.
The material facts are not really in dispute. Anderson was a resident of Missouri until 1986, when he moved to Florida to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Gordon R. Schilling v. Edward L. White and Robert L. MassieCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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