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BUTLER v. GOLDBLATT BROS., INC.

Nos. 77-2043, 77-2044, 77-2074 and 77-2149.

589 F.2d 323 (1978)

Lawrence BUTLER, Cecil Davis, Ron Jackson, Charles James, Monroe Jenkins, Ernest Lewis, James Nash, and Estate of Nathan Nash, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GOLDBLATT BROS., INC., Thomas Marsh, Dennis McFarland, Andre Walker, Wayne Young, and Elmer Gerl, John Kowalski, John Juriss, Frank Krause, and John McDonald, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1978.

Rehearings and Rehearing Denied March 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Bradley Eben, Richard F. Friedman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

John C. Hendrickson, H. Ayers Moore, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.

Rehearings and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 26, 1979.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a pendent state law claim for false arrest and imprisonment. The action was brought by two groups of plaintiffs: (1) six employees of Goldblatt Brothers, Inc., namely, Lawrence Butler, Cecil Davis, Ron Jackson, Charles James, Monroe Jenkins, James Nash and Nathan Nash1 [hereinafter...

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