Legal Opinion
E. Irene Wrigley v. Basil G. Greanias, Individually and as State's Attorney in and for MacOn County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 13, 1988No. 87-1623PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The defendant-appellant, Basil Greanias, appeals from an order of the district court denying him qualified immunity. For the following reasons, we affirm that order.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
In the November 1980 election for State’s Attorney of Macon County, Illinois, Basil G. Greanias, the Democratic candidate, defeated Robert Wrigley, the Republican candidate. Prior to the 1980 election, E. Irene Wrigley, the mother of Robert Wrigley, was chief secretary for the then incumbent State’s Attorney, Patrick Walsh, a Republican who had not run for reelection. Mrs. Wrigley had been…
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