Legal Opinion
Stephen Ustrak v. James W. Fairman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 1988No. 87-2057PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1980 Stephen Ustrak, who was then an inmate of an Illinois state prison, brought a civil rights suit against the warden. At the request of the district court, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d), the law firm of Pelini & Sheffler undertook to represent Ustrak, and in 1981 filed an amended complaint seeking almost $1 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The complaint was in six counts. Two were dismissed on motion for summary judgment; the other four were tried in a three-day jury trial in 1984. The counts that were tried concerned three incidents: (1) the denial in June…
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- Steven A. Kurowski and David H. Nicholls v. James J. Krajewski, Individually and in His Capacity as Judge of the Lake County Court, Division IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by209 opinions
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- Brian Uphoff and David Damon, Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Employees v. Elegant Bath, Ltd., Chuck Does It All, Inc., and Charles L. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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