Legal Opinion
Carlisle v. Lopresti
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 30, 1999No. 97 C 4882Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Ada Carlisle, sued the defendants, Cook County Sheriff Assistant Chief Thomas Walsh1 and Cook County Sheriff Lieutenant Richard Lopresti under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Carlisle, who is African American, alleges that Walsh and Lopresti violated her First Amendment rights by retaliating against her for complaining of an allegedly discriminatory assignment practice at the Cook County Sheriffs Office. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied.
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- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Waters v. ChurchillSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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