Legal Opinion
Bettie Farr, Cross-Appellee v. Eugene Gruber, Monticello Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 27, 1992No. 90-3831 and 91-1016PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Bettie Farr served as the clerk of the Village of Howard, Wisconsin, between 1980 and 1989, adding the duties of treasurer in 1986 and economic development coordinator in 1987. She served at the pleasure of the Village’s board of trustees. In May 1989 Eugene Gruber and Roger Sachs, two of the trustees, procured her dismissal from all three posts. The trustees held a meeting at which Farr and her attorney were allowed to present evidence and argument, after which they voted 5-4 to remove her. Gruber, Sachs, and the three trustees who joined them attribute their…
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