Legal Opinion
Charles Brooks Taliferro v. William Augle and Kenneth Hoffman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 1985No. 84-1209PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Taliferro brought this suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two Chicago police officers, Augle and Hoffman, alleging that they had stopped him on the street without reason to believe he was engaged in criminal activity, had arrested him without probable cause, had beaten him, and had failed to preserve his property, all in violation of his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The jury found that the officers had had a reasonable basis1 for stopping him, but upheld the other charges in the complaint and awarded Taliferro $47,000 in compensatory damages and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mary Beth G. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Donald R. Parrett v. City of Connersville, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Robert L. Abernathy and Joyce Abernathy v. Superior Hardwoods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- William J. Phillips and Dorothy R. Phillips v. Hunter Trails Community AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by48 opinions
- George Jones, Cross-Appellant v. City of Chicago, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Hendrickson v. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Alfonso Avitia, and Diane Larsen v. Metropolitan Club of Chicago, Incorporated, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- W. Foster Sellers v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Rascon v. HardimanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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