Legal Opinion
Sides v. City of Champaign
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2007No. 06-1039, 06-1590PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Brian Sides was detained by City of Champaign police officers, then cited and prosecuted for violating a city ordinance against public indecency. He was convicted and fined. He then filed the present action in federal court against the city, several city police officers and two city attorneys under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the detention and prosecution violated numerous provisions of the United States Constitution. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all counts. Sides now appeals, alleging substantive and procedural errors in the…
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