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· 9/17/1987

Betty Lester v. City of Chicago, Officer Daniel Leahy, Officer Ernest Cain, and Sergeant John McNulty

Citations

  • 830 F.2d 706
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14017
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 2203

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  • reversing grant of summary judgment requiring district court to use Fourth Amendment objective reasonableness standard, rather than substantive due process standard of the Fourteenth Amendment, in. considering excessive force in arrest claim

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Judges: Flaum, Manion, Posner

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