Legal Opinion
Sundstrom v. Village of Arlington Heights
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 16, 1993No. 92 C 56PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
Lieutenant Elmer Sundstrom (“Sundstrom”) of the Fire Department (“Department”) of the Village of Arlington Heights (“Village”) claims that defendants—Village itself, its Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (“Board”) and three individuals—denied Sundstrom’s promotion to the rank of Department’s Captain in retaliation for his airing complaints about Department to a reporter. Sundstrom’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) Complaint asserts that such conduct violated his First Amendment 1 and due process rights.
All defendants have moved…
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