Legal Opinion
Thomas Willan v. Columbia County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 2002No. 01-2971PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Willan sued county law-enforcement officers and authorities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they had violated his constitutional rights by obtaining and disseminating information about his criminal history. He appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants.
Willan was locked in a bitter campaign in 1999 for the mayoralty of the town of Lodi, Wisconsin. His opponent, the incumbent, complained to the police that Willan was harassing her. (The record does not reveal the nature of the alleged harassment.) The police queried the computerized database…
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