POLCHOWSKI v. GORRIS

No. 83-1075.

714 F.2d 749 (1983)

Dana POLCHOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Melbourne GORRIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hillebrand, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert F. Quinn, Wood River, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The appellant appeals from an order dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983. The appellant, in his complaint, alleges that while he was campaigning as a candidate for the city council of Wood River, Illinois in March, 1981, the defendant, the Wood River Police Chief, published certain statistical and criminal history information which had been obtained from the Justice Department pursuant to...

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