White v. The City of Chicago

FOURTH DIVISION FILED: December 29, 2006 No. 1-05-2536 BILL WHITE, OTIS ENGLISH, and ROLAND ) Appeal from the Circuit Court GRAY, ) of Cook County, Law Division ) Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) ) v. ) No. 03 L 7656 ) THE CITY OF CHICAGO; COOK ) Honorable Philip L. Bronstein, COUNTY, ILLINOIS; EDWARD LOUIS; ) Judge Presiding JOHN TURNEY; and NICK ROSSI, ) ) Defendants ) ) (RICHARD DEVINE and JOHN MURPHY, ) ) Defendants-Appellees.) ) JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court: In May 2003, plaintiff Bill White was acquitted of first-degree murder charges after spending five years in jail.…