Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Illinois Community Action Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 24, 2002No. 99-3125PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Plaintiff-Appellant Carole Spencer (“Spencer”) brought a § 1983 action against the defendants in 1999, alleging that she had been terminated from her position with the Illinois Community Action Association (the “Association”) in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and Spencer appeals. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) distributes federal funds to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (“IDCCA”), which forwards these…
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