Legal Opinion
Bell v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 1984No. Nos. 82-2102, 82-2103 and 82-2138PublishedCited by 443 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
The appeals in this extraordinary case present several important issues involving the Reconstruction period civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and their interplay with state law, along with procedural and evidentiary issues. Defendants Thomas Grady, Jr., City of Milwaukee, Howard Johnson, and Edwin Shaffer appeal from the jury verdict and judgment of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, in a trial extending more than ten weeks, finding that Grady as an officer of the Milwaukee Police Department deprived Daniel Bell…
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