Legal Opinion
Steven Cromwell v. City of Momence
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 2013No. 12-1541PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Steven Cromwell was fired from his position as a police lieutenant for the City of Momence, Illinois, after an incident of alleged misconduct. Cromwell sued the City and various city officials, arguing that his termination was procedurally inadequate under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. As a necessary predicate to that claim, he contends that he had a constitutionally protected property interest in his continued public employment derived from the City of Momence Police Department Rules and Regulations. The regulations provide that probationary…
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