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JAMISON v. McCURRIE

No. 76-1972.

565 F.2d 483 (1977)

Sandra Yvonne Evans JAMISON, as Administrator of the Estate of John Jamison, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard J. McCURRIE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Cahn, Daniel P. Nagle, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter Fitzpatrick, William R. Quinlan, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, TONE, Circuit Judge, and HOLDER, District Judge.

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

This is a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment against the City of Chicago and fourteen of its police officers. At the close of the trial, the district court granted the City's motion for a directed verdict and the jury returned a verdict for all the individual defendants. On this appeal the plaintiff contends that (1) the dismissal of the City was improper; and (2) a comment by the trial judge about...

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