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JOHNSON ESTATE BY CASTLE v. VIL. OF LIBERTYVILLE

No. 86-1851.

819 F.2d 174 (1987)

ESTATE OF Kathleen Ann JOHNSON, Deceased, by Charles CASTLE and Vivian Castle, Special Administrators, and Charles Castle and Vivian Castle, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF LIBERTYVILLE, and Sandra J. Pierce, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Basch, Paul W. Grauer & Assoc., Schaumburg, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Matthew A. Hurd, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Charles and Vivian Castle brought suit against the Village of Libertyville and one of its police officers, Sandra J. Pierce, to recover damages related to the death of their daughter Kathleen. The district court granted the defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure of the complaint to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The Castles now appeal.

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