Legal Opinion
Joseph A. Mescall v. Clark Burrus
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1979No. 78-2496PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint of several Chicago policemen against certain members of the Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).
Created pursuant to Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. IO8V2, § 5-101 et seq., the fund provides annuity, pension, disability and death benefits to members of the Chicago Police Department, their widows and children. The fund is…
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