Legal Opinion
Gossmeyer v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 7, 1997No. 96-2599PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Rose Gossmeyer, a Child Protective Investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS”), originally filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in Will County Circuit Court. Her suit was later removed to the Northern District of Illinois. There, Gossmeyer filed a first amended complaint. In Count I, Gossmeyer alleged that her Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when personnel from the DCFS Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”), accompanied by several law-enforcement officials, searched her office, filing cabinet,…
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3Cited by133 opinions
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