United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's constitutional right to free speech by dismissing him from a police department after he reported on officer wrongdoing, denial of summary judgment for defendants on grounds of qualified immunity is reversed where plaintiff's speech was made pursuant to his official responsibilities, thus was not constitutionally protected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2007
• Published 10/26/2007

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Howard W. Feldman, Stanley N. Wasser (argued), Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Angela M. Fyans (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.