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KERR v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 17345.

424 F.2d 1134 (1970)

Harvey L. KERR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, John Mohan, William Boyd, Wesley Broderson, George Poplaski, Edmund Dobbs and Bruce Thompson, Individually and as Police Officers of the City of Chicago, Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Gertz, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Raymond F. Simon, Edmund Hatfield, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, District Judge.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a review of a civil action arising out of a Civil Rights complaint under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343(a), and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, seeking both compensatory and punitive damages. The matter was tried before a jury and there was a finding for defendants.

Plaintiff, Harvey L. Kerr, alleges he was denied a fair trial. He states that the trial court improperly struck portions of the complaint; that the court...

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