Legal Opinion
Aldous v. City of Galena
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 2017No. 16-3212PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Michael Aldous worked as a Plumbing and Rental Housing Inspector for the City of Galena, Illinois, After the City fired him, Aldous sued the City, its mayor, and the City Administrator, claiming they fired him for exercising his First Amendment rights by criticizing the City for failing to enforce code requirements and ignoring the Americans with Disabilities *440Act’s accessibility requirements. The district court dismissed the federal claims for failure to state a claim, holding that Al-dous had spoken out in the course of his employment and thus his speech was not protected under the…
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