Legal Opinion
Linda Williams v. Allen Jaglowski and Ronald Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 15, 2001No. 00-2600PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
On April 30, 1996, Essex Adams died in an apparent suicide. Linda Williams, his girlfriend and a suspended Chicago police officer, arrived at the scene shortly after Adams’s death. Police at the scene tried to question Williams about the death, but she was evasive and refused to provide even basic identifying information such as her date of birth. Her uncooperative attitude led the police at the scene to arrest her for obstructing a police officer in his official duties. Williams was taken into custody and detained for approximately ten hours. Several weeks later,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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