Legal Opinion

Hershinow v. Bonamarte

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 13, 1985No. 84-2918PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Lester Hershinow, a police officer, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the police chief and city manager of Highland Park, Illinois. The complaint arose out of plaintiff’s suspension for three days due to an altercation he had with a driver, Debbie Oggoian, he had stopped for speeding. Ms. Oggoian had made threatening and abusive anti-Semitic remarks to Hershinow, who is Jewish. The trial court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, a decision that a panel of this Court affirmed in an opinion reported at 735 F.2d 264…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. George BADILLO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ruth Coates and Bennie Coates v. Tom BechtelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  2. Lawrence Vandenplas and Barbara Vandenplas v. City of MuskegoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  3. Patel v. HeidelbergerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  4. Dyson v. SposeepDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1986
  5. Kennedy v. McCartyDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1992

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