Estate of Sims Ex Rel. Sims v. County of Bureau

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2007-10-19

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KANNE, Circuit Judge. In 1999 Thetis M. Sims suffered a fatal heart attack in her home in Tiskilwa, Illinois. The only person present at the time was Bureau County Sheriff Greg Johnson, whose alleged campaign fraud was the subject of a story Ms. Sims was investigating for the local newspaper. Her estate, her husband, and her daughter brought a federal civil rights suit against Jo…

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