Legal Opinion
Donald G. Breuer v. Terry Hart, Sheriff of Warren County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 1990No. 88-2874PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Terry Hart, then sheriff of Warren County, Illinois, fired Donald G. Breuer from his job as a deputy sheriff in December 1986. Breuer filed suit against Hart under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that he had been terminated because he had exercised his constitutionally protected right of free speech. The district court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The court found that the plaintiff’s speech did not involve issues of public concern because it was in the nature of a personal grievance and, in the alternative, that the speech constituted a disruption…
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