Legal Opinion
Mary Pieczynski v. Katherine Duffy and Roberto Maldonado
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 1989No. 88-2381PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Mary Pieczynski, an employee of the City of Chicago, brought this civil rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) against the City and three of her supervisors, charging political harassment in violation of the First Amendment, which has of course been held applicable to the states and their subdivisions. The jury exonerated the City and one of the supervisors, but found the other two supervisors, Duffy and Maldonado, liable, and awarded Pieczynski $95,000 in compensatory damages and $7,500 in punitive damages. Duffy and Maldonado appeal, represented by the City. The City argues…
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