United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment was improperly granted to defendants on section 1983 retaliation claim and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act claim. Plaintiff's protected speech played a significant role in the police department's decision to fire him; reversed and remanded on the basis of the Pickering balancing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/16/2003
• Decided 05/10/2004
• Published 05/10/2004

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jon Loevy (argued), Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William W. Kurnik (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, Denis K. Sheehan, Thomas J. Long (argued), Norton, Mancini, Argentati, Weiler & Deano, Wheaton, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.