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CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ST. CLAIR CTY., ILL.

No. 91-1958.

986 F.2d 1142 (1993)

CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS and Carl Officer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR the TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Honorable Judge Scrivner, and Estate of Walter DeBow, Lola Murray, as Special Administrator, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of Eric E. VICKERS, Attorney for Plaintiffs.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1993.

As Amended March 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric E. Vickers, St. Louis, MO, for plaintiffs.

Michael J. Nester (argued), Douglas Heise, Donovan, Rose, Nester & Szewczyk, Belleville, IL, for Circuit Court for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, St. Clair County, Illinois, Roger Scrivner.

Clyde Kuehn, Kuehn & Trentman, Belleville, IL, for Estate of Walter Debow, Lola Murray, as Special Administrator. Eric E. Vickers (argued), pro se.

Before POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

While incarcerated in the East St. Louis municipal jail, Walter DeBow sustained injuries that left him physically and mentally disabled. His Estate filed suit against the City of East St. Louis, and the jury returned a verdict of $3.4 million against the City. Despite repeated attempts to collect the judgment, the City refused to pay. In its most recent collection action, the Estate filed a citation to discover assets of the City and to effect...

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