Legal Opinion
Sharon M. Johnson v. Officer J. Miller, Officer Bruce Sutcliff and First National Bank of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 1982No. 81-2486PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), Sharon Johnson’s complaint, based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against two Illinois police officers, Miller and Sutcliff, and the First National Bank of Chicago.
The complaint alleges that someone named Anette Jenkins used Miss Johnson’s name and her savings account at the First National Bank to defraud the bank. The bank caught Jenkins, and though it knew or should have known that she was not Miss Johnson filed a criminal…
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