LEE v. CITY OF PEORIA

No. 81-2642.

685 F.2d 196 (1982)

Robert B. LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PEORIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter D. Braud, Braud, Warner, Nappl & Westensee, Rock Island, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Eric Magolis, Peoria, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Associate Judge, and PELL, Circuit Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

In this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 1985 (1976), the appellant Robert B. Lee claims that the Peoria Police Department and the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (Board) discriminated against, and eventually discharged, him from the police department on the basis of race. In response to the defendants' motions, the district court apparently dismissed the suit on grounds...

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