Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. Schaefer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2010No. 10-1016PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Mervin Wolfe, is a lawyer who in 2008 ran for State’s Attorney of Cumberland County, Illinois, and lost. He brought this suit in federal district court against his opponent, Barry Schaefer (the incumbent State’s Attorney), and others, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The suit charges that they violated the Fourth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by publicly disclosing that Wolfe was under investigation by Illinois state agencies for possible violations of legal ethics, tax law, and unemployment-insurance law. The judge dismissed the…
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