EGAN v. CITY OF AURORA

No. 12738.

291 F.2d 706 (1961)

Paul EGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF AURORA, a Municipality under the laws of the State of Illinois, Leo Boucon, William G. Konrad, H. A. Wyeth, Sr., William B. Robertson, Donald Curran, Hershell Stover, LeRoy Straud, Anthony Rukas, John (Jack) Pfiefer, Ray Schuhow, John Day and Charles Darling, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 30, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol R. Friedman, Joseph Keig, Sr., Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

William C. Murphy, Aurora, Ill., for appellees.

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


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff was the Mayor of Aurora, Illinois, when he brought this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He named, as defendants, the City of Aurora and certain of its officers,1 and asked damages in the sum of five million dollars, charging violations of the Federal Civil Rights statutes, Title 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983 and 1985.

In the District Court, defendants...

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