Legal Opinion
Clark v. Ziedonis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 1975No. 74-1157PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs Edmund Clark and Edward Travis, both minors, sued defendant, a Milwaukee police officer, for violating their constitutional rights by purportedly using excessive force while arresting them.1 In a bench trial, the district court concluded that defendant had used excessive force in making these arrests. Clark was awarded $5000 in damages and Travis was awarded $1500.2
As shown by the evidence, at 10:00 p.m. on January 11, 1971, defendant and a fellow police officer responded in their squad car to a radio dispatch…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Robert Leon Jenkins, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Roberta B. Jenkins v. F. W. AverettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- McLaughlin v. TilendisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Curtis Collum, Cross-Appellee v. Frank A. Butler, James Hand, and James Wooten, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Hampton v. HanrahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Bruce B. Landrigan v. City of WarwickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Putman v. GerloffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Maiorana v. MacDonaldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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