Legal Opinion
Houston v. Cook County
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 24, 1990No. 90 C 3342PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) Complaint by Elton Houston (“Houston”) and Robert Brown (“Brown”) sets out a factual statement that, taken at face value (as this Court must do), recounts truly outrageous conduct on the part of Assistant State’s Attorneys — their nondisclosure and affirmative concealment of exculpatory information that caused Houston and Brown to suffer unjust imprisonment for over four years for a murder that they did not commit. 1 But the problem that Houston and Brown face here is one that they must overcome at the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Terry v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Miller v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Willis v. EdgcombDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1992