KISH v. COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 18630.

441 F.2d 901 (1971)

James J. KISH and John J. Pine, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE, Board of Supervisors For the County of Milwaukee and Edwin E. Purtell, Sheriff of Milwaukee County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sutton, Milwaukee, Wis., Richard G. Singer, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs appellants.

Clayton R. Hahn and Richard Hicks, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs James J. Kish and John J. Pine instituted this action for damages in the United States District Court pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Title 42, U.S.C.A. § 1983,1 for alleged deprivation of their rights guaranteed by the Eighth2 and Ninth3 Amendments to the United States Constitution. The complaint charged the County of Milwaukee...

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