Legal Opinion
Dwayne Clark v. James Maurer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1987No. 86-2855PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs were among 24 City of Chicago garbagemen fired for bribing a city timekeeper to show them as working when they were not. The city announced the firing in a press release which described the garbagemen’s conduct but did not name any of them. The press release was published in the Chicago Tribune, again without identification of the malefactors. The plaintiffs claim in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which the district judge dismissed for failure to state a claim (see Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)), that the firing deprived them of their occupational liberty by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Codd v. VelgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Robert W. Hadley v. County of Du PageCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Rixson Merle Perry v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Willard Reis v. Margaret Zonia MorrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Howard M. Rosenstein v. The City of Dallas, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Johnson v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- McMath v. City of GaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Edward Franklin v. City of EvanstonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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