Legal Opinion
Louis Bianchi v. Thomas McQueen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 2016No. 14-1635PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
In 2004 Louis Bianchi was elected to the office of State’s Attorney in McHenry County, Illinois, and immediately embarked on a program of reforms. Along the way he acquired a few enemies. In 2006 one of the secretaries in the office resigned and took a treasure trove of sensitive documents with her. Working with a disgruntled Assistant State’s Attorney whom Bianchi had demoted, the secretary delivered the documents to the media and to Bianchi’s opponent in the next election.
When Bianchi learned of the document theft, he asked a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to…
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