Legal Opinion
Rod Gustafson and Javier Cornejo v. Arthur Jones and Philip Arreola
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 2002No. 00-3557, 00-4020PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This is the second time we have been asked to consider the legal ramifications of certain actions that then-Chief of Police of the Milwaukee Police Department Philip Arreola, and then-Deputy Inspector Arthur Jones, took in November 1993 with respect to Officers Rod Gustafson and Javier Cornejo. In our first opinion, Gustafson v. Jones, 117 F.3d 1015 (7th Cir.1997) CGustafson I), we concluded that the officers had stated a claim for retaliation in violation of their First Amendment rights that was not subject to dismissal on qualified immunity grounds. That part of…
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