Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Frierson
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 30, 1985No. 82 C 4460PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Samuel Coleman (“Coleman”) prevailed against each of the remaining three defendants in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) action, brought to challenge Coleman’s firing as Special Investigator for the Village of Robbins (“Robbins”) and his later arrest on charges of impersonating a police officer. After entry of a default judgment as to liability against defendants, a jury trial was held solely to determine Coleman’s damages. Verdicts were returned in the following amounts:
1. against former Robbins Mayor Marion Smith (“Smith”), $250,000 in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- 28 Fair empl.prac.cas. 19, 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,459 Alta Chrapliwy, and Cross-Appellees v. Uniroyal, Inc., a Corporation, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
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