Legal Opinion
ESTEBAN MONTAÑO v. CITY OF CHICAGO
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 30, 2004No. 02-3738PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Behind a knotty set of questions relating to the coordination of parallel suits in state and federal court lies an unfortunate incident on the streets of Chicago, during which a group of Mexiean-Americans were savagely beaten with metal flashlights, fists, and feet by some Chicago police officers. They were arrested and, after further abuse, released; ultimately all criminal charges against them were dismissed. The victims (to whom we refer collectively as Montaño, after the lead plaintiff Esteban Montaño) sued the City and the officers in federal court on both…
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