Federal Judiciary

Shake That Thang! Says Posner

By Robert Loblaw

Richman v. Sheahan, 07-1487 (7^th Cir., Jan. 7, 2008)

Here?s another gem of a Seventh Circuit decision, this time from the inimitable Richard Posner. For the second time, the Court has reversed a district court decision granting summary judgment to police officers who injured an elderly woman and her obese son as they literally dragged them from a courtroom in Skokie, Illiniois.

I won?t bore you with all the fun facts and analysis, as Judge Posner?s words are far more compelling than my own. I?ll just leave you with his closing paragraph:

This lawsuit, a simple tort case, is in its tenth year. It is high time the district judge, who has presided over it from the beginning, grabbed it by the neck, gave it a good shake, and placed it on the path to a speedy decision.

He sure does have a way with words.

Full post as published by Decision of the Day on January 07, 2008 (boomark / email).