Legal Opinion
White v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 29, 2006No. 1-05-2536PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
In May 2003, plaintiff Bill White was acquitted of first-degree murder charges after spending five years in jail. Charges against co-plaintiffs Otis English and Roland Gray, who also spent five years in jail awaiting trial, were dismissed. Plaintiffs filed suit against the City of Chicago; Cook County; several Chicago police officers; Richard A. Devine, the Cook County State’s Attorney; and John Murphy, an assistant State’s Attorney, alleging that they concealed information that would have exonerated plaintiffs. The trial court granted Devine’s and Murphy’s motions to dismiss plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Buckley v. FitzsimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Behrens v. PelletierSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Burns v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Kalina v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Williams v. City of Chi.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 2018
- Andrews v. BurgeDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
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