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Saunders v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided November 17, 2015No. Case Nos. 12-cv-09158, 12-cv-09170, 12-cv-09184PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Robert M. Dow, Jr., United States District Judge

Plaintiffs Michael Saunders, Harold Richardson, and Vincent Thames were wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of Nina , Glover, each spending more than 16 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA evidence. Plaintiffs filed separate civil rights, lawsuits against the City of Chicago and various individuals seeking to recover for their wrongful convictions under state and federal law.

On October 13, 2013, the Court issued an identical Memorandum Opinion and Order in each of the three above-captioned cases…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Wallace v. KatoSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. Miguel Perez v. James FenoglioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Westport Insurance v. City of WaukeganDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
  2. Arsberry v. Wexford Health Care ProviderDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2021
  3. Batchelor v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020
  4. Blackmon v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020
  5. Bradford v. City of Chicago, a municipal corporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2019

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