United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiff-teacher's suit, which alleges that she was disciplined in retaliation for First-Amendment protected speech, is dismissed where defendant-employer had ample and legitimate reasons to discipline her.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/21/2005
• Decided 07/22/2005
• Published 07/22/2005

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Clare M. Kralovec (argued), Marc J. Siegel, Caffarelli & Siegel, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lee A. Lowder (argued), Chicago Bd. of Educ. Law Dept., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.