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BIGGS v. VILLAGE OF DUPO

No. 88-1995.

892 F.2d 1298 (1990)

Danny BIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VILLAGE OF DUPO; Curtis Wiechert, Individually and as Mayor; Charles Binnion, Individually and as Trustee; I.D. Cleveland, Individually and as Trustee; Faith Ann Feltmeyer, Individually and as Trustee; and Marvin Stout, Individually and as Trustee, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Carey (argued), Belleville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert Tucker (argued), Evans & Dixon, Edwardsville, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

On July 1, 1985, Danny Biggs was fired from his job as part-time police officer for the Village of Dupo, Illinois, on account of statements he made during an interview which had appeared in a local newspaper. Mr. Biggs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Village, its mayor and the four village trustees who voted to fire him, for violating his first amendment right to freedom of speech. The case was tried on January 27...

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