Legal Opinion
Donna Flournoy v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2016No. 14-3776PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Donna Flournoy was severely injured by a flashbang grenade deployed by Chicago police during their execution of a search warrant for a suspected drug dealer. Flournoy responded with this lawsuit against two of the officers involved in the search, alleging that they used excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The case went to trial and the jury found for the defendants.
Flournoy now seeks a new trial on several grounds. She asserts that the jury’s verdict has no reasonable basis in the record; that the district court erroneously excluded a key piece of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Galvan v. NorbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Karen Fitzgerald v. M. SantoroCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- Rollins Freeman v. Gayle Franzen, Rollins Freeman v. Alfred BrancheCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by28 opinions
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