Larry Nelson v. City of Chicago

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Rule 608(b) permits inquiry into “the specific conduct underlying” an arrest if it is “probative of the witness’s character for truthfulness”
• finding that collateral estoppel applies where an identical issue was actually litigated and necessarily decided in an earlier action
• litigiousness can, on rare occasions be used to demonstrate the defendant’s modus operandi of creating fraudulent documents in anticipation of litigation
• reversed jury verdict for plaintiff on an unlawful search and seizure claim and ordered a new trial
• reversed jury verdict for plaintiff on an unlawful search and seizure claim and ordered a new trial
• reversed jury verdict for plaintiff on an unlawful search and seizure claim and ordered a new trial

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