JOHNSON v. MANITOWOC COUNTY

No. 10-2409.

635 F.3d 331 (2011)

Roland JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MANITOWOC COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl W. Laatsch , (argued), Attorney, West Bend, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Remzy D. Bitar , (argued), Attorney, Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Steeves, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

A landlord is lucky when he rents a dwelling he owns to a tenant who turns out to be pretty good. When he rents to a tenant who turns out to be fairly bad, he's unlucky. And then there's a landlord like Roland Johnson who goes far beyond being merely unlucky. Johnson picked a doozy of a tenant—he rented to a fellow named Steven Avery. Mr. Avery, as most anyone who lives in Wisconsin knows, was the focus of intense media coverage beginning...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases