Legal Opinion
Betty Lester v. City of Chicago, Officer Daniel Leahy, Officer Ernest Cain, and Sergeant John McNulty
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 1987No. 86-2008PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Betty Lester sued Daniel Leahy and Ernest Cain, two Chicago police officers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 Mrs. Lester’s complaint arose from her arrest for disorderly conduct at a Chicago police station in May, 1979. Mrs. Lester alleged that Leahy and Cain arrested her without probable cause and that Leahy and Cain used excessive force in arresting her. A jury found for Leahy and Cain on both the no probable cause and excessive force claims.
On appeal, Mrs. Lester contends that the trial court improperly instructed the jury on both her excessive force and no probable cause…
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