Legal Opinion
Larry Garcia v. Kankakee County Housing Authority, Charles E. Ruch, Jr., and Yvonne Hayes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. 01-2455PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Larry Garcia worked his way up from warehouse clerk to Director of Technical Services at the Kankakee County Housing Authority. During 1998 the Authority was in turmoil; its Executive Director and all members of its governing Board quit or were dismissed. The new Board asked Garcia to serve as Interim Executive Director, and he assumed that position on December 4, 1998. Soon Garcia began to make changes in the Authority’s operations, and he challenged the authority of Charles Ruch, the Board’s new Chairman. Within a week of his appointment, Garcia started writing…
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