Legal Opinion
Sherrod v. Berry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1987No. 85-3151PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff filed this lawsuit individually and as administrator of the estate of his deceased 19-year-old son, Ronald Sherrod. The third amended complaint was in two Counts. The first Count was for wrongful death and alleged that defendant Willie Berry, a Joliet, Illinois, policeman, violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when he shot and killed Ronald. Berry supposedly violated “the customary standard police procedures for making felony stops of motor vehicles and investigating the occupants therein, thereby setting in motion a chain of events which resulted in the death of Ronald…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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