Thomas Byrd v. William P. Brishke

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1972-07-18

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SWYGERT, Chief Judge. This is an appeal from the granting by the district court of defendants’ motion for a directed verdict in a civil rights case brought pursuant to 42 U.S. C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 , 1343. Plaintiff alleged in this action that the defendants, all police officers of the Ci…

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