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ELLIS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 80-2614.

667 F.2d 606 (1981)

John Clinton ELLIS, Barbara Ellis and Frederick Ellis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Department of Police of the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation and Frank Kusar, individually, and as police officer of the Department of Police of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. DeRose, DeRose & Russo, Oak Brook, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William R. Quinlan, Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants John, Barbara, and Frederick Ellis appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendants City of Chicago and Police Officer Frank Kusar in a suit for damages brought under the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). Plaintiffs challenge several evidentiary rulings made by the district court, as well as the giving of a jury instruction which, plaintiffs allege, materially...

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