Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Hughes

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided January 8, 2020No. 1:13-cv-04597Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ROBERT A. TAYLOR, Plaintiff, No. 13 CV 4597 v. Judge Manish S. Shah CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Chicago police officers detained Robert Taylor because an investigative alert in the system said there was probable cause to arrest Taylor. But the alert should have been canceled months earlier—he had been acquitted of the charge that led to the alert and there was no basis to detain him. Taylor seeks to hold the City of Chicago liable for his detention under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, but the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. City of Oklahoma v. TuttleSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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