REED v. VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD

No. 82-2190.

704 F.2d 943 (1983)

John A. REED, Gerald G. Kaluzny, and RBK, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy T. McLaughlin, Parker & McLaughlin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gerald L. Maatman, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and NEAHER, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 7, 1983.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal on the defendants' motion for summary judgment of a suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires us to consider questions under the First, Fourteenth, and Twenty-First Amendments, and also whether local legislators and judicial officers, and their municipal employer, have absolute immunity from such a suit.

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