Legal Opinion
Phillip Button v. Kermit Harden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 1987No. 86-1760PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Phillip Button, a public school teacher in Illinois, appeals from the dismissal of his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which he charged (so far as relevant to this appeal) that he was fired in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right of free speech. The only question we need decide is whether the dismissal was proper on grounds of res judicata.
Button was tenured, and therefore could be fired only for cause. The school board passed a resolution to dismiss him, and the next stage under Illinois law was a hearing before a hearing officer, whose statutory function…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Edwards v. City of QuincyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- Joel Charchenko v. City of StillwaterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Lambert BRZOSTOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAIDLAW WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Spiegla v. HullCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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