Legal Opinion
Roger Fairley and Richard Gackowski v. Evan Fermaint, Noberto Bercasio, and Fred Coffey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 2007No. 06-2411PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Two former guards at Cook County Jail contend in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that some of their ex-colleagues violated the Constitution’s first amendment (applied to state actors via the fourteenth) by vilifying and assaulting them because they stood up for inmates’ rights. According to the complaint, the defendants and their confederates bully and ostracize any guard who plays by the rules; these strong-arm tactics organize and protect guards who beat inmates at whim and then lie about their activities to their superiors, criminal investigators, and judges in…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Faragher v. City of Boca RatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- James Owens v. Salvador GodinezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- Reilly v. City of Atlantic CityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
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