Legal Opinion
Monfils v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 1998No. Nos. 97-2338, 97-4179PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
It was a gruesome discovery. On a Sunday night in November of 1992, a two-story pulp vat at the James River Paper Mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was drained. The body of a James River employee, Thomas Monfils, was discovered at the bottom of the vat. The body was mutilated — the vat had propellers that stirred the thick pump mixture. A rope, with a 50-pound weight, was tied to Monfils’ neck.
Eventually, six James River employees were convicted of murdering Monfils. They are serving life sentences. This case concerns a claim that the Green Bay Police Department…
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