United States Seventh Circuit

The district court correctly denied plaintiff's motion for directed verdict because the defendant-police officers did not lack probable cause for arrest since they were responding to plaintiff's threatening and abusive language, which violated an Illinois disorderly conduct statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/20/2003
• Decided 07/23/2004
• Published 07/23/2004

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Judith M. Redwood (argued), Redwood Law Office, St. Joseph, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerome P. Lyke (argued), Flynn, Palmer & Tague, Champaign, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.