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COLEMAN v. SMITH

Nos. 85-1769, 85-1770, 85-3081 and 85-3084.

814 F.2d 1142 (1987)

Samuel COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Marion SMITH and Gordon Frierson, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, and Village of Robbins, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1987.

As Amended February 10 and March 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Ross Kessler, Kessler & Ex, Chicago, Ill., Mark H. Sterk, Odelson & Associates, Ltd., Evergreen Park, Ill., John K. Kneafsey, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Abraham N. Goldman, Abraham N. Goldman & Assoc. Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WOOD and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

These appeals emanate from a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by the former Special Investigator of the Village of Robbins against the former mayor, the former chief of police, and the Village itself. The original action challenged plaintiff's firing and later false arrest on charges of impersonating a police officer. Three issues are presented on this appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in granting a...

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