Legal Opinion
John S. Graehling v. Village of Lombard, Illinois, and Steven Williams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 1995No. 95-1263PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Police in the Village of Lombard were not amused when John Graehling pulled away from a gas station with the nozzle still attached to his car, yanking the pump out of the ground. It did not help matters that Graehling was a fellow member of the police force and that the car was his police car. The Village paid for the damage and suspended Graehling for three days. Emulating Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad, Graehling repeated the stunt, demolishing another gas pump. He was unable to write a report about the second incident; his hands were shaking violently and he…
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