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BEGG v. MOFFITT

No. 82 C 2693.

555 F.Supp. 1344 (1983)

Richard R. BEGG, Plaintiff, v. G. Joe MOFFITT, Director of Public Safety of the City of Park Ridge, Herman Spahr, City Manager of the City of Park Ridge, Illinois, and the City of Park Ridge, Illinois, Defendants.

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

February 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley H. Jakala, Berwyn, Ill., for plaintiff.

Thomas H. Neuckranz, Jean C. Harris, Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.

Since its enactment as § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) has played a critical role in protecting citizens against violations of their constitutional rights by persons acting under color of state law.1 The Supreme Court has written that the original version of § 1983 was enacted for...

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