Legal Opinion
West ex rel. Norris v. Waymire
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1997No. 96-3675PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a suit for damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, brought on behalf of a minor, Amanda West, against Brad Waymire, a former police officer of the Town of Frankton, Indiana, and against the Town itself. (The Town is erroneously called “City of Frankton” by the lawyers for both sides.) The naming of the Town’s Police Department as a defendant adds nothing; it is almost certainly not a *647suable entity separate from the Town. See Dean v. Barber, 951 F.2d 1210, 1214-15 (11th Cir.1992); Ricketts v. City of Hartford, 74 F.3d 1397, 1400 n. 1 (2d…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by14 opinions
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