SMITH v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 89-1436.

913 F.2d 469 (1990)

Theodore SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dale, Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

L. Anita Richardson, Corp. Counsel, William R. Quinlan, Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Terence J. Moran, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 16, 1990.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Theodore Smith appeals from a judgment in a civil rights action he brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that limited him to recovery of nominal damages in the amount of $1 for an alleged unconstitutional arrest. The judgment was entered pursuant to a pre-trial agreement between Smith, the City of Chicago and individual defendants Jerry Springer, Richard O'Connell and Daniel Chilla...

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