Legal Opinion
Bagley v. Blagojevich
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 2011No. 10-1389PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
A group of former captains from the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) sued state and union officials alleging that the defendants unlawfully punished them for seeking to organize with a rival union. One of the defendants is former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Much of the litigation below, which began in June 2005, focused on plaintiffs’ efforts to depose Governor Blagojevich. After a series of motions and rulings, the district court found the Governor immune from deposition pursuant to legislative immunity and later granted summary judgment to the Governor…
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