Legal Opinion
Kness v. Grimm
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 13, 1990No. 90 C 3979PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, Chief Judge.
Alleging that several employees of the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin (“City”) conspired with Charlene Grimm (“Grimm”), a private process server, to harass him at his place of employment, thereby causing him to lose his job, plaintiff Thomas Kness (“Kness”) brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 charging that the purpose of the conspiracy was to retaliate against Kness for previously filing civil rights suits against the City and its employees. Grimm and Schmitt Investigations & Security Services, Inc. (“Schmitt”) have filed this…
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