Legal Opinion
Wojtas v. Village of Niles
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 1964No. 14495PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by Ronald J. Wojtas, a minor, by his next friend, John C. Wojtas, Ralph Joseph Schulte, a minor, by his next friend, William Schulte, John C. Wojtas and Sophie Wojtas, plaintiffs, in the district court against the Village of Niles, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois, defendant, and certain named police officers of the village.1
Counts One and Two of the complaint asserted actions for damages, under the federal civil rights act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986, against the police officers. The Village of Niles was not named…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Siler v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Edwin Kerr v. Compagnie De Ultramar and Transmar Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Harry E. Kern v. Standard Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hampton v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Marv Hixon D/B/A Hixon Home Improvement, and American States Insurance Company v. Sherwin-Williams CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- David Moor v. Frank I. Madigan, William Donovan Rundle, Jr., a Minor, by William D. Rundle, His Guardian Ad Litem v. Frank I. MadiganCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Barrows v. FaulknerDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1971
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