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LUND v. CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

No. 19-1945.

956 F.3d 938 (2020)

William LUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, a municipal corporation; Sean Welsh, Timothy Campbell, and Eddie Torrance, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Kiss , Attorney, MEYER & KISS, Chicago, IL, Louis J. Meyer , Attorney, MEYER & KISS, Peoria, IL, Adele D. Nicholas , Attorney, LAW OFFICE OF ADELE D. NICHOLAS, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ifeanyichukwu C. Mogbana , Attorney, CITY OF ROCKFORD, Law Department, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

Michael F. Iasparro , Attorney, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, Rockford, IL, Joshua G. Vincent , Attorney, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees SEAN WELSH, TIMOTHY CAMPBELL, and EDDIE TORRANCE.

Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.

William Lund, a reporter, was arrested in Rockford, Illinois after discovering a police-run prostitution sting operation in the course of his news-gathering activities. He sued the City and several officers for retaliatory arrest, malicious prosecution and several other alleged invasions of his rights under federal and state...

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