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HILL v. SHOBE

No. 94-3555.

93 F.3d 418 (1996)

John Robert HILL, as the Administrator of the Estate of Robert McDonald Hill, Deceased, and John Robert Hill and Baird McDonald Hill, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Wallace E. SHOBE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn E. Wellman (argued), Brand & Allen, Greenfield, IN, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Andrew P. Wirick, Hume, Smith, Geddes, Green & Simmons (argued), Indianapolis, IN, Dale R. Simmons, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Indianapolis, IN, John C. Ruckelshaus, Ruckelshaus, Roland, Hasbrook & O'Connor, Indianapolis, IN, for defendants-appellants.

Daniel B. Dovenbarger, Pamela Carter, Office of the Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, IN, for amicus curiae State of Indiana.

James E. Ryan, Rita M. Novak, Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae State of Illinois.

Charles D. Hoornstra, James E. Doyle, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for amicus curiae State of Wisconsin.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Robert Hill was killed when Wallace Shobe, an on-duty Indianapolis police officer, ran a red light and struck Hill's car. A state court acquitted Shobe of charges of negligent homicide, while Hill's estate reached a $250,000 settlement with Shobe in a state tort case. In spite of the settlement, Hill's estate sued Shobe, the city of Indianapolis, and several police officials for violating his civil rights...

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