Legal Opinion
Gross v. Town of Cicero, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 2008No. 06-4042PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
This appeal was closed administratively on May 9 for failure to prosecute. Appellant has asked for reconsideration. That motion has been referred to the motions panel for the week in which the appeal was dismissed, given the rule that a single judge cannot “dismiss or otherwise determine an appeal”. Fed. R.App. P. 27(c).
Clarence Gross was Chairman of Cicero’s Board of Police and Fire Commissioners until January 2002. He contends in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that his removal violated the first amendment and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth. Some…
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- Robert C. Bleitner v. George C. Welborn and Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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