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BYRD v. BRISHKE

No. 71-1434.

466 F.2d 6 (1972)

Thomas BYRD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William P. BRISHKE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Schippers, Michael J. McArdle, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant; Schippers, Betar, Lamendella & O'Brien, Chicago, Ill.,, of counsel.

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, William R. Quinlan, Marsile J. Hughes, Asst. Corp. Counsels, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and DILLIN, District Judge.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting by the district court of defendants' motion for a directed verdict in a civil rights case brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343. Plaintiff alleged in this action that the defendants, all police officers of the City of Chicago and acting under color of law, had caused personal injury to him in violation of his civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the...

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