LEE v. VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST

Nos. 90-1456, 90-1757 and 90-1765.

936 F.2d 976 (1991)

Robert E. LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST, a municipal corporation, Nicholas Coscino, J. Barstatis, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Ketchum, Arthur E. Engelland, Karen Ann Rowan, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter M. Rosenthal, David Lincoln Ader, Ancel, Glink, Diamond & Cope, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Robert E. Lee sued the Village of River Forest and fifteen present and former police officers of the Village of River Forest. Lee alleged that his December 1983 arrest, indictment and incarceration, which stemmed from charges that he murdered his wife, violated his fourth and fourteenth amendment constitutional rights. He sought redress pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We are now presented with the consolidated appeal of two...

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