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STIFT v. LYNCH

No. 12480.

267 F.2d 237 (1959)

Frank STIFT and Thomas Williams, a minor by Frank Stift, his next friend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stanley A. LYNCH, Ted Eichholz, Paul Daw, William L. Guild and Edwin L. Douglas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 11, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Goldstine, Summit, Ill., for appellant.

William C. Wines, Chicago, Ill., Latham Castle, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and HASTINGS and PARKINSON, Circuit Judges.

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

This suit was brought to recover damages under the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq. Defendants Lynch and Eichholz were the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff, respectively, of DuPage County, Illinois. Defendant Daw was a Justice of the Peace in that County. Defendants Guild and Douglas were, respectively, the State's Attorney and the Assistant State's Attorney of DuPage County. The District Court granted the defendants' motion...

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