Legal Opinion
Zekas v. Baldwin
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 27, 1971No. Civ. A. 70-C-115PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
This is a § 1983 action challenging the suspension of a government employee and the regulations under which he was suspended. Jurisdiction is grounded upon 28 U.S.C. § 1343.
The individual plaintiff in this action, Joseph Zekas, was employed as a case worker by the Milwaukee County Department of Public Welfare on April 29, 1968. On February 13, 1970, administrative proceedings were commenced to permanently discharge Mr. Zekas from employment. Simultaneously he was suspended without pay. The cause for this suspension and attempt to discharge the plaintiff was his alleged…
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- Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Jack Muller v. James B. Conlisk, Harold Brown, James Dunworth, and William HougesenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Paul R. Soglin v. Joseph F. Kauffman, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
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