JONES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 87-2536, 88-1127.

856 F.2d 985 (1988)

George JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1988.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing November 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsay Laing Klaff, Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

G. Flint Taylor, Peoples Law Office, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before POSNER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

George Jones was arrested, jailed, and charged with murder and other crimes. After these charges were dropped, Jones sued the City of Chicago and several Chicago police officers and a police lab technician under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for false arrest, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and malicious prosecution, as well as conspiracy to commit these wrongs. He alleged that the defendants' conduct had denied him...

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