Legal Opinion

Terrance O'Brien v. Town of Caledonia, Town of Caledonia Fire and Police Committee, and Gerd Hodermann, Chief of Police, Town of Caledonia

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 8, 1984No. 83-1656PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

Terrance O’Brien, plaintiff below, appeals the District Court’s denial of his Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. The underlying suit alleges that the defendants, the Town of Caledonia, its Fire and Police Committee, and its Chief Of Police, Gerd Hodermann, unlawfully retaliated against the plaintiff for his exercise of his First Amendment rights. The alleged retaliation took the form of incommunicado interrogations of the plaintiff, institution of disciplinary proceedings against him, and other forms of harassment. The complaint requested…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Jack Muller v. James B. Conlisk, Harold Brown, James Dunworth, and William HougesenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Conaway v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  2. Sheldon L. Wulf v. The City of Wichita, Gene Denton, and Richard LamunyonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
  3. Conaway v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  4. Margaret H. Wright v. Illinois Department of Children & Family ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  5. Don A. Brawner v. City of Richardson, Texas, L.F. Eudy, Richardson Police Department Director, and Kenneth Yarbrough, Chief of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988

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