Legal Opinion
Alice L. Griffin v. Eddie Thomas, Jr. And Board of Education, City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 1991No. 89-3542PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, an assistant principal, sued her principal-supervisor and the Board of Education for violating her right to freedom of association by retaliating against her for filing a union grievance. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment because the plaintiff’s claim did not involve a matter of public concern. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Alice L. Griffin is an assistant principal at May School and an employee of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (the Board).…
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