Legal Opinion
Kokkinis v. Ivkovich
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 1999No. 98-3047PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Peter Kokkinis brought this § 1983 action against Police Chief Vladimir Ivkovich and the Village of Bridgeview. He alleged that the defendants retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights after he made statements about the Police Chief on television. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that Mr. Kokkinis’ statements were not constitutionally protected because they did not address a matter of public concern. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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