Legal Opinion
Grossart v. Dinaso
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 1985No. 84-1338PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Barbara Grossart, the plaintiff-appellant, filed suit against the Town of Worth (an Illinois township hereinafter referred to as “the Town”) and its Board of Trustees (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) *1223alleging that she was discharged from her employment with the Town because of her politics, in violation of her first and fourteenth amendment rights. After a bench trial, the district judge entered judgment for the defendants. We affirm.
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A. Facts
Unless otherwise noted, the uncontested facts are as follows. Grossart was hired as a bookkeeper by the Town in…
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