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HAMPTON v. HANRAHAN

Nos. 70 C 1384, 70 C 2371, 70 C 3026 and 70 C 3029.

522 F.Supp. 140 (1981)

Iberia HAMPTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edward V. HANRAHAN, et al., Defendants, and The Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Department of Justice; the United States of America; the Estate of Clyde Tolson, on behalf of J. Edgar Hoover; the Estate of William Sullivan; George Moore, John Mitchell, Jerris Leonard; the City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation; and Cook County, a Local Public Corporation, Proposed Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

August 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Andrew, Dennis Cunningham, Kermit Coleman, Jeffrey Haas, Cornelius E. Toole, James D. Montgomery, Chicago, Ill., William J. Bender, Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Jonathan M. Hyman, Hollis Hill, Charles Hoffman, Deutsch, Haas, Hill & Schmiedel, Chicago, Ill., David Scribner, New York City, Morton Stavis, Newark, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Richard Curry, Corp. Counsel, Camillo F. Volini, John P. Coghlan, Sp. States Atty. of Cook County, Benjamin E. Novoselsky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Roger H. Dusberger, Sidley & Austin, Arthur R. Waddy, Partee & Green, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have filed a motion for leave to amend the complaint and add as defendants the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ"), the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), the United States, various federal officials or their estates, the City of Chicago, and Cook County. For reasons discussed below, the plaintiffs' motion is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiffs are given leave to add all defendants...

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