Legal Opinion
Buttitta v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 30, 1992No. 91 C 3952PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
In 1986 an ankle injury forced police officer Frank Buttitta (“Buttitta”) to go on disability leave. Buttitta has sued the city of Chicago (“City”) and its police officials Hubert Holton (“Holton”) and Richard Wedgbury (“Wedgbury”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”), seeking to force his reinstatement to active duty and to collect damages for defendants’ past refusal to reinstate him.
Buttitta now moves for summary judgment as to liability under Fed.R.Civ.P. (“Rule”) 56, while defendants move for summary judgment on the merits. For…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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