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DUNLAP v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 76 C 2957.

435 F.Supp. 1295 (1977)

Rev. A. I. DUNLAP, Edgar Jackson, Suzanne Davenport, Earley Benton, Individually and as representatives of all other persons similarly situated, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Movement, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Mayor Richard J. Daley, James M. Rochford, Police Superintendent, Charles Pepp, Deputy Chief, Fred Rice, Commander, Kenneth Earner, John Doe, Richard Roe, and others whose names are not presently known to the Plaintiffs, Defendants.

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

July 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Singer, Stein & Green, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

William R. Quinlan, James P. Daley, Chicago, Ill., for the City of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, James Rochford, Charles Pepp and Fred Rice.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

On July 17, 1976, plaintiffs participated in a march sponsored by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Movement, Inc., in a community on the south side of Chicago known as Marquette Park. During the march, a hostile crowd insulted the marchers and hurled rocks, bottles, bricks and explosives at them. Many participants in the march were injured. Thereafter, plaintiffs brought this civil rights action for damages against...

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