Legal Opinion
McGarvey v. Biswell
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided February 20, 1998No. 96-3180PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.
An armored semi-tractor trailer.
Carrying a load of frozen meat.
Stopped for speeding.
This civil rights case resulted.
Summary judgment for the officers.
I. FACTS
Galen McGarvey and his son Steven McGarvey are the Plaintiffs in this case. In June 1995, they began working as armored truck drivers for United States Armored Company, a subsidiary of Western Distributing Company. Defendants D. Eric Biswell, Marke L. Bobbitt, and Larry Hemann are all Illinois State Police Officers.
On October 1, 1995, the McGarveys were passing through Morgan County, Illinois, on…
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