Isaac Russ and Vera Love v. Van B. Watts, Phillip Banazkiewicz, City of Chicago, and Robert Helson

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2005-07-11

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FLAUM, Chief Judge. This case arises out of the tragic and fatal shooting of Robert Russ, a 22-year-old student at Northwestern University, by Chicago police officer Van B. Watts. The issue before us is whether the United States Constitution, through the federal civil rights statute 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , provides Russ’s parents with a cause of a…

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