United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for a village and its president are affirmed in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging retaliation for plaintiffs' exercise of First Amendment rights through opposition to village board proposals.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/30/2003
• Decided 07/16/2003
• Published 07/16/2003

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles E. Ruch, Jr. (Argued), Bourbonnais, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• William W. Kurnik (Argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.