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DURAN v. TOWN OF CICERO, ILL.

Nos. 08-2467, 08-2595.

653 F.3d 632 (2011)

Alejandro DURAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. TOWN OF CICERO, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and Dino Vitalo and William Peslak, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Cerda (argued), Attorney, Cerda Law Office, Mark Parts , Attorney, Parts & Spencer, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Michael L. Resis , Marcie Thorp (argued), Attorneys, Smithamundsen, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

These appeals come to us following a complex jury trial in a lawsuit brought by scores of individual plaintiffs against 17 police officers and the Town of Cicero, Illinois, alleging federal civil-rights violations and various state-law torts. The claims arose out of an ugly confrontation between officers of the Cicero police force and nearly 100 partygoers — most of Mexican descent — who were celebrating a baptism at a Town of Cicero...

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