by Randal Birkey | May 6, 2015 | Anthony J. Sassan, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Last week, the United States Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether police officers may detain a driver of a vehicle for a short period of time in order to await the arrival of drug-sniffing dogs, after all of the lawful purposes of the traffic stop have been...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 12, 2014 | Anthony J. Sassan, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
With the recent police shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, as well as the death by strangulation of Eric Garner at the hands of city police officers in New York City, comes a renewed national debate —...
by Randal Birkey | Jan 24, 2014 | Anthony J. Sassan, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
In December 2013, the Illinois Appellate Court decision in Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge illustrates the significant financial exposure local governments face when first responders (in this case paramedics) fail to follow proper protocol when responding to calls that...
by Keith Picher | Apr 13, 2011 | Anthony J. Sassan, Attorney, News
Sassan Secures Summary Judgment for Teenager in 1983 Case Anthony J. Sassan recently secured a summary judgment for a teenage client in a lawsuit that alleged civil rights violations under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code. Sassan, an experienced litigator and...
