United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights action involving allegations of improper arrest, interrogation, and concealment of evidence is reversed in part as to certain claims involving unlawful arrest, involuntary confession, and a determination that a municipal defendant could not be found liable on a municipal liability theory.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2006
• Published 01/20/2006

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before, POSNER, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Kanovitz (argued), Jon Loevy, Arthur Loevy, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James M. Kelly (argued), Peoria, IL, Elizabeth A. Knight (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, Heidi A. Benson, Flack, McRaven & Stephens, Macomb, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.