Legal Opinion
Lowe v. City of East Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1990No. 89-1857PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, Senior District Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of plaintiff’s case with prejudice pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) and the denial of plaintiff’s motion for a trial continuance. We reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND.
William Lowe is a thirty-eight year old resident of East Chicago, Indiana who works as a substitute teacher there. He filed suit on March 16, 1988 alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985(2) & (3), and 1988 by the City of East Chicago, its mayor and ten police officers. These alleged violations are based on a whole series of alleged acts, centering on the…
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