Legal Opinion
Collum v. Yurkovich
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 12, 1975No. 74 C 1231PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM RULING ON MOTION
AUSTIN, District Judge.
In this action, the City of Chicago filed a motion to dismiss claims made against it by the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff alleged that he was beaten by several Chicago police officers while in custody and, as Defendants, he named the individual police officers, several of their supervisors, and the City of Chicago. The Defendant City filed this motion to dismiss the suit as to itself, stating that (1) the court lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter in this litigation; and (2) the complaint, as directed against the City, failed to state a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- City of Kenosha v. BrunoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- District of Columbia v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Melvin Carter v. John R. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by17 opinions
- V. Stevens Kite v. Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Santiago v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- Argento v. Village of Melrose ParkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Owen v. City of IndependenceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Sandra Yvonne Evans Jamison, as Administrator of the Estate of John Jamison, Deceased v. Richard J. McCurrieCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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