Beard v. Robinson

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1977-09-28

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BAUER, Circuit Judge. In this appeal we must determine whether damage claims brought against a state officer under the Civil Rights Acts, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 , et seq., and against federal officers under the Fourth Amendment survive the death of the injured party, and whether the claims are time-barred. The district court held that some of the claims did not survive the death of the i…

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