DuFOUR-DOWELL v. COGGER

Nos. 97-2928, 97-2934.

152 F.3d 678 (1998)

Marcia DuFOUR-DOWELL, Yvonne Dufour, and Paulette Dowell, a minor, by and through her parent and next of friend, Marcia DuFour-Dowell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Stephen W. COGGER and Rick Morgan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. McGraw, Amy L. Sylvestri (argued), Granneman & Sylvestri, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Russell W. Hartigan (argued), Chicago, IL, Joseph E. Birkett, Office of the State's Attorney of DuPage County, Wheaton, IL, for Stephen W. Cogger.

Ellen L. Champagne (argued), Thomas Downing, Joseph E. Birkett, Office of the State's Attorney of DuPage County, Wheaton, IL for Rick Morgan.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This is a meritless interlocutory appeal by two police officers who say that the district court erred in denying them a quick exit from this suit following their claim that they enjoy qualified immunity. We cannot, of course, vouch for the truthfulness of the facts alleged by the primary plaintiff against the officers, but here they are as set out by Marcia DuFour-Dowell, whose name we shorten...

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