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Fred Hampton — Part 3
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Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 3
occupants of the apartment, their prosecution by the
Cook County Siate’s Attorney for criminal offenses, 2
coroner’s inquest, and an internal investigation by the
Chicago Police Department. A federal and two state
grand jury investigations were initiated. Indictments
were returned by the Special Cook County Grand Jury
against several of the present defendants for conspiring
to obstruct justice. The case terminated when defen-
dants’ motions for acquittal were granted at the close of
the prosécution’s case. Finally, this ‘civil action was
initiated. a
The mothers of Hampton and Clark, as administra-
trices of their sons’ estates, and the seven survivors of
the December 4 incident filed: four separate actions in
1970 against a number of city and state defendants. The
actions were consolidated in an amended complaint. filed
in the district court in April 1972.1
The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint. The
district court denied the motions by the fourteen police
officers participating in the raid. The court dismissed
the complaint as to the remaining defendants. Upon
appeal this court affirmed in part and reversed in part:
Hampton v. City of Chicago, 484 F.2d 602 (7th Cir.
1978), cert. denied, 415. U.S. 917 (1974), (“Hampton I”).2
1 In June 1972 the death of Fred Howard, one of the police
officers, was suggested on the record and the cause was
dismissed as to him.
we v. City of Chicago, 389 IF. Supp. 695 (N.D. Til.
ds
$ We summarized our action as follows:
Insofar as the district court’s order of February 8, 1972, .
dismissed the charges against the City of Chicago and the
County of Cook, it is reversed with respect to the Brewer
complaint and affirmed as modified with respect to the
Johnson complaint; insofar as it dismissed the charges
against Mayor Daley and Superintendent Conlisk, it is ‘af-
irmed; insofar as it dismissed the chara against defen-
dants Hanrahan, Jalovec, Mulchrone, Eirvanian, Meade,
Kukowinski, Purtell, Koludrovic, Sadunas, Sorosky. and
Meltreger, it is reversed. The case is remanded to the dis-
trict court for further proceedings consistent with this
opinion.
484 F.2d 602 at 611.
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