Legal Opinion
Alexander Patton v. Raymond Przybylski
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 1987No. 86-2015PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Alexander Patton brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Sheriff of Cook County and three policemen (two of them unknown to Patton), alleging that he had been arrested and jailed in violation of his right under the Fourteenth Amendment to due process of law. The district judge, on the authority of Baker v. McCollan, 443 U.S. 137, 99 S.Ct. 2689, 61 L.Ed.2d 433 (1979), dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). We must therefore take as true the facts stated in the complaint; of course, this doesn’t mean they are true.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Hill v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by163 opinions
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