Legal Opinion
Randolph Williams v. H. Wayne Kobel, Donald Blankenship, and Paul A. O'Neal
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 23, 1986No. 84-2090PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*465COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment and award of attorneys’ fees to the defendants on his Section 1983 claim that he was arrested without a warrant and without probable cause in violation of his constitutional rights. We affirm.
I
This litigation arose out of the plaintiff's arrest without a warrant for an arson involving a death in Champaign, Illinois on January 2, 1980. At 2:50 a.m., John Lock-ard, a police officer with the City of Urba-na, Illinois,1 was patrolling in the area of a Derby gas station when he observed the plaintiff…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. OrtizSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Betty Lester v. City of Chicago, Officer Daniel Leahy, Officer Ernest Cain, and Sergeant John McNultyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Richard Marx, Individually, and Kristina Marx, a Minor v. Glenn H. Gumbinner, Robert Timmann and Kelly Vaughn, Martin County Sheriff's Dept.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Charles Booker v. James Ward and Thomas Kelly, Chicago Police DetectivesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Terril A. Kraushaar v. Earl K. Flanigan, Fred Winterroth, Robin Davis, and Tazewell CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Kompare v. SteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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