SPANISH ACTION C. OF CHICAGO v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 84-2299.

766 F.2d 315 (1985)

SPANISH ACTION COMMITTEE OF CHICAGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant, and Thomas Braham, James Zarno and William Duffy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gutman, Richard Gutman, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sharon Baldwin, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, ESCHBACH and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This section 1983 case concerns a 1966 Chicago Police Department Intelligence Division Security Section operation to infiltrate and disrupt the activities of the Spanish Action Committee of Chicago ("SACC"), a Humboldt Park Puerto Rican group organized to address community problems such as housing, education, police brutality, and community unrest. The suit named the City of Chicago ("City") and three employees of the Chicago Police...

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