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GRAEHLING v. VILLAGE OF LOMBARD, ILL.

No. 95-1263.

58 F.3d 295 (1995)

John S. GRAEHLING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF LOMBARD, ILLINOIS, and Steven Williams, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Harrison (argued), David M. Ososky, Woodstock, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Russell W. Hartigan (argued), Keith A. Mandelski, James P. Bartley, Michael J. Duggan, Julianne Schumacher Gran, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Police in the Village of Lombard were not amused when John Graehling pulled away from a gas station with the nozzle still attached to his car, yanking the pump out of the ground. It did not help matters that Graehling was a fellow member of the police force and that the car was his police car. The Village paid for the damage and suspended Graehling for three days. Emulating Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad, Graehling repeated the stunt...

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