Legal Opinion
Sandra KOLAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF SANGAMON OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 1985No. 84-2262PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant County of Sangamon, Illinois, from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Sandra Kolar. The court below held the defendant liable for a judgment obtained by plaintiff versus the Sheriff of Sangamon County in a separate action and for attorney’s fees and costs arising out of the earlier suit. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
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Plaintiff Sandra Kolar filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois on February 29, 1980, against Martin Gutschenritter, the Sheriff of…
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