Legal Opinion
Hobby v. Bradley
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 13, 1975No. 74 C 2347PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.
This is a civil rights action based on conduct arising out of mistaken identity. The defendants have moved to dismiss the amended complaint on the ground that it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The amended complaint contains, among others, the following allegations:
On April 28, 1974, plaintiffs Lewis Hobby and Terry Bell were sitting in Hobby’s parked automobile. As Hobby attempted to start the automobile, the defendants, “acting under color of authority as [Sheriff's] Police Officers, fired at plaintiffs…
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