Legal Opinion
O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. And John A. Gratzianna v. City of Northlake, Reid Paxson, Mayor and Seymour Sapoznik, Police Chief
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 1995No. 94-1222PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
O’Hare Truck Service, Inc. and its owner John Gratzianna (collectively “O’Hare”) filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Northlake, Illinois, its present mayor Reid Paxson and police chief Seymour Sapoz-nik (collectively “Northlake”). O’Hare claims that Northlake violated both its First Amendment and procedural due process rights. As the case was dismissed on the pleadings, we rely on the facts alleged in O’Hare’s complaint.
Northlake, a suburb of Chicago, is a city of approximately 12,000 people. From time to time, Northlake’s police department needs a…
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