Legal Opinion
Robert O’CONNOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Walter H. Clark, Robert E. Paaswell, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1993No. 91-3747PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Robert O’Connor sued the Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”), Walter B. Clark, Robert E. Paaswell, Joyce Hughes, Melvyn May, and Howard Medley (hereinafter collectively referred to as “defendants”), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for violating his First Amendment rights and equal protection rights. The district court granted sum mary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that they were immune from liability on the First Amendment claim under the doctrine of qualified immunity, and that O’Connor necessarily failed in his equal protection claim because he did not demonstrate…
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