United States Seventh Circuit

Jury verdict for defendants in an action by a professor against a university for first amendment retaliation is affirmed where any erroneous jury instructions were harmless since the plaintiff could not show that her protected speech was a motivating factor in the defendants' actions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2006
• Published 06/08/2006

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard L. Steagall (argued), Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl Elitz (argued), Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.