Legal Opinion
Candis Flint v. City of Belvidere
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 2015No. 14-2568PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAGAN, Chief District Judge.
In 2009, unknown assailants (or perhaps just one) shot and killed Marty Flint, who had sporadically provided intelligence to narcotics officers in the City of Belvidere, Illinois, since 2006. Marty’s mother, Can-dis Flint (“Flint” for the purposes of this appeal — we will refer to Marty by first name where necessary), sued the City, the police chief, a sergeant, and Belvidere officers David Dammon and Leon Berry (collectively, “Defendants”). Flint originally brought both state tort claims and § 1983 claims alleging Defendants violated Marty’s substantive due…
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