United States Seventh Circuit

Police officers established a claim for First Amendment retaliation where their speech was on a matter of public concern, and weight of the evidence supports a conclusion that, even as government employees, their speech could not justifiably be punished.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/15/2001
• Decided 05/17/2002
• Published 05/17/2002

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William R. Rettko (argued), Rettko Law Offices, Brookfield, WI, for plaintiff-appellee., Rudolph M. Konrad (argued), Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellant.