Legal Opinion
Ruffino v. Sheahan
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 28, 1997No. 96 C 2234PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LINDBERG, District Judge.
Joseph Ruffino and Randall Noble, former deputy sheriffs, bring this action against Michael Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County, for violation of their constitutional and state common law rights. Plaintiffs became deputy sheriffs in July 1988, during Sheriff James O’Grady’s administration. On August 24, 1994, the current sheriff, Michael Sheahan, filed complaints with the Cook County Sheriffs Merit Board seeking to discharge Ruffino and Noble from their positions. He alleged that their sheriff certifications were fraudulent because they had…
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