Sroga v. Weiglen

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-police officials' motion for summary judgment in section 1983 action alleging that defendants lacked probable cause to make three separate arrests of plaintiff on charges of disorderly conduct, theft of lost property and criminal trespass to state-supported land. Record showed that defendants had probable cause to support all three arrests where: (1) disorderly conduct arrest arose out of plaintiff's actions in impeding tow truck driver by leaping onto plaintiff's car as it was being towed away; (2) theft of lost property arrest arose out of defendants' observation of Chicago Police Dept. ticket book on dashboard of plaintiff's vehicle; and (3) criminal trespass arrest arose out of defendants' observation of plaintiff in police parking lot looking into police cars while defendants believed that said lot had been posted with "police personnel only" sign.