Legal Opinion
Caldwell v. City of Elwood
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 1992No. 91-2241PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Michael Caldwell appeals the district court’s dismissal of his First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). We affirm.
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Michael Caldwell, a firefighter in the City of Elwood, Indiana, went to the home of the mayor on July 1, 1989 pursuant to the mayor’s “open-door policy” and discussed his safety and employment concerns regarding the Fire Department’s ambulance usage and method of cleaning copper wire.1 Two days after this conversation, John Burdsall, chief of the Elwood Fire…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- City of St. Louis v. PraprotnikSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Rutan v. Republican Party of IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by55 opinions
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