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Settlement ends _ 769 Panthers case By Maurice Possley i US. District Judge John F. Grady ended the 1314-year- j old Black Panther civil rights case Monday with the ; stroke of a pen, giving final approval to a $1.85 million “Very well, I think that concludes the case,” Grady said. “The community is well- served by the termination . per this controversy.’ ‘ ; The settlement, one of the highest civil tights settle. . ‘ments in federal court history, calls for payment of... 2 $616,000 each by the federal, county and city govern-~ On i Dec. 4, 1969, a squad of police officers, under the direction of former State’s Attorney Edward V har conducted a pre-dawn raid on a Panther spurtuest at 2337 W. Monroe, allegedly in a search for weapons. Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were : killed and four of the other seven occupants of the ~ apartment-were wounded. Nearly 100 bullets were fired. “A $47.7 million civil rights damage suit was filed in , 1970 against Hanrahan, the police officers and the city, * } county and federal governments on behalf of the wounded | gnd relatives of the dead. The lawsuit came to trial in,1976 and lasted 320 days. © PAGE, SECTION NEWSPAPER, CITY CHICAGO SUN-TIMES DATE__ 3/1/83. EDITION AUTHORS TITLE: CLASSIFICATION: H¢-/503 SUBMITTING OFFICE CHICAGO