SMITH v. DOUGHERTY

No. 13187.

286 F.2d 777 (1961)

Willie SMITH and Lonnie Payne, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles S. DOUGHERTY, Paul A. Hansen, John Gutknecht, Kenneth Wilson, Joseph Lohman, Morice McCarthy and William McCarthy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

February 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Smith, and Lonnie Payne, pro se.

Charles D. Snewind, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee John Gutknecht.

Harold Marovitz, Marovitz, Powell & Pizer, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Charles S. Dougherty.

William L. Guild, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, William C. Wines, Raymond S. Sarnow, A. Zola Groves, Asst. Attys. Gen., filed separate brief at request of Court.

Before KNOCH and CASTLE, Circuit Judges, and MERCER, District Judge.


KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal has been submitted to the Court on the records and briefs of the parties without oral argument.

Plaintiffs filed this action under the Federal civil rights statutes seeking damages of $650,000 from defendants, who are described as a Judge of the Criminal Court, the State's Attorney, two Assistant State's Attorneys, the Sheriff, (all of Cook County, Illinois) and two Chicago police officers, all acting in their official capacities...

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