Legal Opinion
Williams v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 6, 1987No. 84 C 5098PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff is the mother of the late David Williams and administratrix of his estate. Chicago Police Officer Bruce Wagner shot and killed David Williams on December 15, 1983. Officers Raymond Macey and Robert Campbell, who apparently accompanied Wagner in answering the call which led to the death of Williams, are defendants in the instant case along with Wagner. The officers maintain that Williams lunged at them with a knife, which plaintiff denies. That dispute, however, does not concern us at present. More than two and a half years after plaintiff…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
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