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FORD v. CHILDERS

No. 87-1090.

855 F.2d 1271 (1988)

Larry FORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David CHILDERS, Roger Jones and City of Taylorville, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Reheard February 23, 1988.

Decided August 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Taseff, Bloomington, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick J. Londrigan, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Springfield, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY, POSNER, FLAUM, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Reheard En Banc February 23, 1988.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Larry Ford appeals the district court's denial of his motion for a new trial following the court's grant of a directed verdict in favor of the defendants at the close of plaintiff's case in chief. The suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleged that the plaintiff's Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the defendant police officer shot Ford as he was fleeing from...

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