United States Seventh Circuit

An attorney's First Amendment retaliation claim arising from his arrest during a client's traffic stop was not actionable, because he had no constitutional right to engage in disobedient and dilatory conduct, and he was not arrested for his speech.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/19/2002
• Decided 10/10/2002
• Published 10/10/2002

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Peters (argued), Murphy, Peters & Davis, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nadine J. Wichern (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.