Legal Opinion
Smith v. City of Chicago Heights
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 1992No. 90-2976PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In 1985, King Smith, Jr., was allegedly assaulted by one of several police officers who had stopped his vehicle. Mr. Smith initially brought suit against the wrong party, and it was not until March 19, 1990, that Mr. Smith brought this civil rights action against the present defendants. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss on the ground that the two-year statute of limitations had expired. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and vacate in part the judgment of the district court and remand for further proceedings.
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BACKGROUND
A. Facts
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