[DOWNLOAD] "Sornberger v. City of Knoxville" by In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Sornberger v. City of Knoxville
- Author : In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 20, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 85 KB
Description
Scott Sornberger ("Scott") and his wife Teresa Sornberger ("Teresa") spent approximately four months in jail while awaiting trial for their suspected involvement in the January 12, 2000 robbery of the First Midwest Bank ("First Bank"). Eventually, a man admitting to be the true bank robber came forward, and the Sornbergers were released. They then brought this federal civil rights action, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against Rick Pesci, the Knoxville, Illinois chief of police, the City of Galesburg, Illinois and several Galesburg police officers. The complaint alleged that the Sornbergers had been arrested without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment, that Teresa had been coerced into confessing in violation of her Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and that the defendants unlawfully had concealed evidence. The Sornbergers also brought claims on behalf of their children for intentional infliction of emotional distress.