Legal Opinion
Charles Beal, Jr. v. James Beller
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2017No. 14-2628PublishedCited by 352 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Most Fourth Amendment issues arise when a criminal defendant files a motion to suppress evidence allegedly collected in violation of its standards, but this is not such a case. Charles Beal, Jr., has brought a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in which he asserts that two detectives on the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police force lacked any justification recognized by the Fourth Amendment to stop him, to frisk him, and then to conduct a more thorough search. The district court granted summary judgment for the Detectives. It found that the tip on which they acted was not…
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