Legal Opinion
Louis Kujawski v. Board of Commissioners of Bartholomew County, Indiana, and Bartholomew County Community Corrections Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1999No. 98-3221PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Louis Kujawski brought this § 1983 action against the Board of Commissioners of Bartholomew County, the Bartholomew County Corrections Department and the State of Indiana. He alleged that the defendants had retaliated against him because he had exercised his First Amendment right to express his opinion. He also brought several supplemental state claims. The district court granted summary judgment and dismissed the federal claim against the Board of Commissioners (“the Board” or “the County”); it held that the County was not responsible, under Monell v. Department of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Jett v. Dallas Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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