Legal Opinion
David Kristofek v. Village of Orland Hills
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2013No. 12-2345PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
In November 2010, Plaintiff David Kris-tofek, a part-time officer for the Village of Orland Hills Police Department, arrested a driver for traffic violations, but the driver turned out to be the son of a former mayor of a nearby town. Because of the driver’s political connections, Kristofek was ordered to let him go. Kristofek strongly disagreed with what he believed was political corruption and expressed such concerns to his fellow officers, his supervisors, and eventually the FBI. When Police Chief Thomas Scully found out about this conduct, he fired him.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by69 opinions
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