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RICHARDS v. SMOLTICH

No. 70 C 138.

359 F.Supp. 9 (1973)

Sarah RICHARDS et al., Plaintiffs, v. James SMOLTICH et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 16, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Diedrich, DeKalb, Ill., B. John Mix, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Bernard Z. Paul, DeKalb, Ill., James M. Winning, Springfield, Ill., John J. Templin, DeKalb, Ill., James M. Carr, Sycamore, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

McGARR, District Judge.

This case presents the issue whether plaintiffs are entitled to a jury trial in an action for compensatory and punitive damages brought under Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C., Section 1983.

Plaintiffs allege that defendants separately and in concert deprived them of their rights, privileges and immunities by subjecting them to a pattern...

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