Legal Opinion
Bowens v. Knazze
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 29, 1965No. 64 C 1054PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, District Judge.
Plaintiff brings this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking the recovery of damages for an illegal search of his person.
Defendant is an officer of the Chicago Police Department. Early on the morning of August 21, 1961, plaintiff, his wife and another couple were walking in the vicinity of 39th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in the city of Chicago. Officer Knazze, and his partner, Officer Frawley, having been informed that plaintiff’s wife was carrying a concealed weapon, stopped the two couples on the street. The weapon, concealed by newspapers,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Michael Cohen v. Russell K. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- R. W. Agnew v. City of Compton, a Municipal Corporation H. R. Lindemulder and Frank SpragueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Beauregard v. WingardDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1964
- Webster Hardwick, Jr. v. Bernard Hurley and Steve SenoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Eddie Adams v. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Huey v. BarlogaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1967
- Carl B. Hoitt, Jr. v. Joseph C. Vitek, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Daly v. PedersenDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1967
- Hocker v. WoodyWashington Supreme Court · 1981
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