Legal Opinion
Alice Chathas and Byron Ellis v. Norbert Smith, Individually and as Chief of Police of Village of Evergreen Park
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 1989No. 87-2821PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Byron Ellis, a former police officer with the Village of Evergreen Park, assisted by his lawyer, plaintiff-appellant Alice Chathas, sued the Village and various responsible officials to secure increased pension benefits. On the day the trial was supposed to begin, the various defendants — deputy sheriffs, Village officers, and the lawyer representing the Village — attempted to involuntarily commit Ellis to a mental institution. The mental hospital found that Ellis did not meet its admission standards. Later he won the pension benefits he originally…
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