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LESTER v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 86-2008.

830 F.2d 706 (1987)

Betty LESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Officer Daniel Leahy, Officer Ernest Cain, and Sergeant John McNulty, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman, Kenneth N. Flaxman, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph A. Moore, Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Betty Lester sued Daniel Leahy and Ernest Cain, two Chicago police officers, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Mrs. Lester's complaint arose from her arrest for disorderly conduct at a Chicago police station in May, 1979. Mrs. Lester alleged that Leahy and Cain arrested her without probable cause and that Leahy and Cain used excessive force in arresting her. A jury found for Leahy and Cain on both the no probable cause...

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