Legal Opinion
Hutchins v. Clarke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 24, 2011No. 10-2661PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff David Hutchins brought an action for comments made by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke regarding Hutchins’ disciplinary history with the sheriffs department. The district court granted the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment, finding that Sheriff Clarke violated (1) Wisconsin’s Open Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39; (2) Wisconsin’s Right of Privacy statute, Wis. Stat. § 995.50; and (3) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for retaliation and depriving Hutchins of his First Amendment right to free speech. We reverse the district court on all…
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