BOYD v. ADAMS

No. 74-1337.

513 F.2d 83 (1975)

Vertia BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raymond ADAMS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Thomas, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, Jerome A. Siegan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Bernard Carey, State's Atty., John A. Dienner, III, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This complaint was filed under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1988) seeking damages for illegal arrest and search, unlawful imprisonment and physical brutality. The defendants were the arresting police officers, Raymond Adams and Richard Hofman, then Chicago Superintendent of Police Conlisk, the City of Chicago, then State's Attorney of Cook County Hanrahan, and Assistant...

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