United States Seventh Circuit
Houskins v. Sheahan, 06-2283, 06-2549 and 06-2575
In a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, judgment against a county is reversed where: 1) the defendant's failure to include the issue of protected speech in the final pre-trial order is not fatal to its claims on appeal; 2) speech made pursuant to an official's duties as an employee is not protected under the First Amendment; and 3) claims that a county has a policy of retaliation and selective discipline fails when the plaintiff fails to establish a deprivation of a constitutional right.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/09/2007
- Decided 11/25/2008
- Published 11/25/2008
Judges
- BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Christopher V. Langone (argued), Ithaca, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Arleen C. Anderson (argued), Jeanne A. Bischoff, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Robert W. Fioretti (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.