Legal Opinion

Greene v. Finley

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 3, 1984No. 84-1008PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Edward F. Greene, former employee of the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, filed this civil rights action against that court, its clerk Morgan M. Finley, and its Executive Director of Operations, John E. Goggin, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and denied plaintiff's motion for reconsideration. On appeal plaintiff claims that he was discharged from his employment without due process of law in violation of the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Bernard Beam v. Ipco Corporation, D/B/A Sterling OpticalCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  2. Salome Quinones v. Chester SzorcCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Kraig Graham v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
  4. Joseph E. Paige v. Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Edwin Eisenrath, Regional AdministratorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  5. Rixson Merle Perry v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985

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