Legal Opinion
August Smith v. City of Joliet, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 1992No. 91-1489PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
August Smith sued the City of Joliet, Illinois (“Joliet” or “the City”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that it caused two of its police officers to violate his rights under the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. The district court granted the City’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
I
The incident giving rise to Smith’s lawsuit occurred outside his Joliet home at around 7 p.m. on February 21,1986. Smith had just parked his car in the small parking lot fronting his home when he decided to run the engine for a few minutes to make…
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