Legal Opinion
Frank Deguiseppe and Torry Palermo v. Village of Bellwood and Robert Frascone
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 1995No. 95-1296PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, two sergeants with the Village of Bellwood, Illinois, Police Department, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Village and its police chief in his official capacity. 1 Although the details of each plaintiffs claim differed slightly, the gist of both was that the chief, Robert Frascone, had retaliated against them in violation of their First Amendment rights after they unsuccessfully opposed his promotion to police chief. The district judge granted defendants’ motion to dismiss with respect to plaintiff Palermo and granted summary judgment against…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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