Legal Opinion
MacEo G. Willis, Jr. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 23, 1993No. 91-2528, 92-1592PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Maceo Willis, Jr. was arrested on charges of sexual assault. Pursuant to Chicago Police Department policy, Mr. Willis was held for an extended period of time without a judicial determination of probable cause so that the police could investigate other crimes that they suspected Mr. Willis had eommit-ted. Mr. Willis brought this action against the City of Chicago. He alleged that his constitutional rights had been violated by the City’s extended detention policy. The district court granted summary judgment to Mr. Willis and then'determined that he was a “prevailing party”…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- County of Riverside v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cornelius Marshall v. Wilbert Allen, Richard Anderson, and Anthony J. Fusco, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Robinson v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by33 opinions
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