Legal Opinion
Weimann v. County of Kane
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 16, 1986No. 2-85-0940PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Unverzagt
Plaintiff, Steve Weimann, brought suit in the circuit court of Kane County naming Kane County, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s office, the village of Sugar Grove, the Sugar Grove police department, the city of St. Charles, and the St. Charles police department as defendants. He voluntarily dismissed his claim against all of the defendants except Kane County (the county), against which he filed a three-count amended complaint. Count I of the amended complaint alleges a violation of plaintiff’s civil rights pursuant to section 1983 of the United States Code (42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 (1982)).…
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