Legal Opinion
J. Robert Tierney v. Chet W. Vahle and Debbie Olson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 2002No. 01-2797, 01-3631PublishedCited by 249 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Tierneys and two of their four children brought this wide-ranging civil-rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) against 19 individuals and two institutions — the public school district of Quincy, Illinois, and a private swimming club in Quincy — charging retaliation and conspiracy to retaliate against the family for the exercise by Mr. and Mrs. Tierney of their right of free speech. The district court granted motions by the defendants Debbie and Doug Olson and Chet Vahle to dismiss the complaint against them for failure to state a claim and also ordered the plaintiffs to pay…
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