Legal Opinion
Smith v. Dougherty
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 16, 1961No. 13187PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENOCH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal has been submitted to the Court on the records and briefs of the parties without oral argument.
Plaintiffs filed this action under the Federal civil rights statutes seeking damages of $650,000 from defendants, Who are described as a Judge of the Criminal Court, the State’s Attorney, two Assistant State’s Attorneys, the Sheriff, (all of Cook County, Illinois) and two Chicago police officers, all acting in their official capacities. They are charged with depriving plaintiffs of their constitutional and civil rights in connection with allegedly unconstitutional…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Elizabeth Cawley v. Harland Warren, Wendall Thompson and Harold WenslandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- Talbot Jennings v. Fremont Nester, Edward Piotter, Larry Vodvarka, John S. Boyle, James A. Brown and John PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- Stift v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- Bennie Truitt v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
3Cited by8 opinions
- Billy Ray Stringer v. Robert DilgerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Paul v. Byrne, Jr. v. John Kysar, Alfred L. Fein, Stanley J. Imbiorski, Francis E. Schlax and Charles I. BarishCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965
- Beauregard v. WingardDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1964
- Stephen Kalec v. Benjamin S. Adamowski, State's Attorney of Cook County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Hardy v. KirchnerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
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