Legal Opinion
Alioto v. Town of Lisbon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2011No. 09-3921PublishedCited by 731 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Gaetano “Tom” Alioto filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s Town of Lisbon, its administrator, and the chief of its police department. Alioto maintains that, among other things, the defendants defamed him, subjected him to a hostile work environment, and violated his due process rights. According to the complaint, whose well-pleaded allegations we accept as true, Alioto suffered political payback after he spearheaded an inquiry into allegedly unethical activities of police chief Terry Martorano. The chief survived the investigation and — along with town administrator Jeffrey…
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