THOMPSON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 10-2951, 11-2883.

722 F.3d 963 (2013)

Terrance THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda C. Antholt (argued), Smith, Johnson & Antholt, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Suzanne M. Loose (argued), City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KANNE, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Terrance Thompson was convicted of a state gun crime based entirely on the testimony of officers from the Chicago Police Department's Special Operations Section ("SOS"). He maintained that they fabricated the case against him by planting a gun in the vicinity of his stop and arrest. While he was serving his sentence, the Cook County State's Attorney uncovered widespread corruption in the SOS, implicating the officers who testified against him...

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