Legal Opinion
Gary D. Swank v. James Smart
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 1990No. 89-1360PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A policeman brought this civil rights suit against a small town in western Illinois that fired him for conduct unbecoming an officer, and against the officials actually responsible for the firing. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district judge granted summary judgment on his own initiative and dismissed the case.
Tina Millin was a 17-year-old student at the Robert Morris College in Carthage. Gary Swank was a member of the town’s three-man police force. On September 24, 1986, after supping at McDonald’s with his wife, Swank, who was off duty, mounted his motorcycle and rode off to…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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3Cited by132 opinions
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