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WILSON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 96-3083.

120 F.3d 681 (1997)

Andrew WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Claim Defendant, and Jon Burge, et al., Defendants, Cross-Claim Plaintiffs.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor, John L. Stainthorp (argued), Jeffrey H. Haas, People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lawrence Rosenthal (argued), Mardell Nereim, Benna R. Solomon, Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Andrew Wilson, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a Chicago policeman, Jon Burge, and the City of Chicago (there were additional defendants, but we can ignore them), claiming violations of Wilson's constitutional rights; Burge had used torture to extract confessions from Wilson and other criminal suspects. A jury exonerated both defendants; we affirmed as to the City but reversed as to Burge. 6 F.3d...

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