KNAPP v. WHITAKER

No. 84-1032, 84-1060.

757 F.2d 827 (1985)

Terry C. KNAPP, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Harry WHITAKER, Russell McDavid, John Hatton, Peoria School District No. 150, a body politic and corporate, and George Burdette, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip B. Lenzini, Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C., Peoria, Ill., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Patricia C. Benassi, Benassi & Benassi, P.C., Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 2, 1985.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The defendants-appellants, Peoria School District No. 150, et al., appeal the jury's finding that employees of the School District infringed upon Terry Knapp's First Amendment right to speak on matters of public concern, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The jury awarded Knapp $514,333 in compensatory damages. On cross-appeal, Knapp appeals the district court's denial...

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