Legal Opinion
Spriggs v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 31, 1981No. 80 C 5483PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETZENDANNER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Ebb Spriggs seeks damages for injuries allegedly caused by police misconduct. Named as defendants are both the allegedly culpable individual officers and their employer, the City of Chicago. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), the City has moved to dismiss all claims against it. For the following reasons, this motion is denied.
I. Facts
According to plaintiff’s allegations which are taken as true for the purposes of this motion, plaintiff, a black individual, was a victim of gross police brutality. Plaintiff alleges that around…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Craig S. Strauss v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, and Chicago Police Officer John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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- Spell v. McDanielDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Gilmere v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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