Legal Opinion
Linhart v. Glatfelter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1985No. Nos. 84-1637, 84-2817PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The Village of Clarendon Hills reprimanded acting police chief Wayne Linhart for conducting political activity in his office, and Linhart responded with a § 1983 action claiming deprivation of property without due process under the fourteenth amendment and retaliation for the exercise of first amendment rights. The district court, 584 F.Supp. 1369, granted the defendants summary judgment but denied them fees under § 1988. Linhart appeals from the award of summary judgment and the defendants appeal from the denial of fees.
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On November 17, 1982, Wayne Linhart, then acting…
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