Legal Opinion
Johnson v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 20, 1989No. 86 C 10206PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, George Johnson (Johnson), alleges that defendants, the City of Chicago (City), the County of Cook (County) and former Sheriff Richard Elrod (Elrod), violated his constitutional rights by wrongfully arresting and incarcerating him. The City and Elrod individually move to dismiss Johnson’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 1 For the following reasons, the motions of the City and Elrod are granted, and plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed, with leave to amend consistent with this opinion.
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2Cases cited41 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Lee v. City Of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Lee v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Armstrong v. SquadritoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Armstrong v. SquadritoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Johnson v. Kings County District Attorney's OfficeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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