Legal Opinion
Houk v. Village of Oak Lawn
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 31, 1986No. 86 C 139PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
James P. Houk, Jr. (“Houk”) and John Murdoch (“Murdoch”) are Village of Oak Lawn (“Village”) police officers. They have sued Village, its Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (“Board”) 1 and its Chief of Police John J. Haberkom (“Haberkom”), charging the failure to promote plaintiffs to sergeants’ positions violated their rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (“Section 1981”), 2 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”), 3 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) (“Section 1985(3)”) and the First Amendment. 4 Houk and Murdoch seek promotions with full back pay, seniority and…
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