Legal Opinion
Michael W. Alvarado v. Ronald D. Picur, Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Curry, 1
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 27, 1988No. 87-1841, 87-3128PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
A jury found that Chicago police Lieutenant Robert Curry coerced Michael Alvarado into resigning from his position with the police force and that this coercion deprived Alvarado of property without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The jury awarded Alvarado $55,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages. We reverse because Curry had qualified immunity. The district court should have granted Curry’s motion for a directed verdict on that ground and not allowed this case to go to a jury
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Michael Alvarado was a Chicago police…
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