KURI v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Nos. 19-2967 19-3213.

990 F.3d 573 (2021)

Anthony KURI, also known as Ramsey Qurash, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; John Folino, Jr.; and Timothy McDermott, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Edwards Art , Attorney, Jon C. Loevy , Attorney, Julie Goodwin , Attorney, Danielle Hamilton, Attorney, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Julian Nunes Henriques, Jr. , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, Chicago, IL, Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant City of Chicago.

Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, Eileen Elen Rosen , Attorney, Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant John Folino, Jr. and Timothy McDermott.

Before Easterbrook, Ripple, and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Anthony Kuri spent almost three years in jail before and during his trial for murder. A judge acquitted him, and he turned the tables by suing the arresting officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury in this suit returned a verdict of $4 million in compensatory damages against the officers, plus $50,000 in punitive...

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