Legal Opinion
Zinnermon v. City of Chicago Department of Police
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 30, 2002No. 01 C 7007PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MORAN, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff Sheila Zinnermon brings this action against the City of Chicago (City) alleging retaliatory discharge and violation of her First Amendment right of free speech. The City has moved to dismiss the claims against it. For the following reasons, the City’s motion is granted in part and denied in part.
BACKGROUND
The facts of this case are taken from plaintiffs complaint. Plaintiff worked as a police officer with the Chicago Police Department (C.P.D.) on probation from December 13, 1999 through December 13, 2000. On July 21, 2000,…
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