WRIGLEY v. GREANIAS

No. 87-1623.

842 F.2d 955 (1988)

E. Irene WRIGLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Basil G. GREANIAS, Individually and as State's Attorney in and for Macon County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1988.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Booth, Greanies & Booth, Decatur, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Mitchell Schick, Harlan Heller, Ltd., Mattoon, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Basil Greanias, appeals from an order of the district court denying him qualified immunity. For the following reasons, we affirm that order.

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BACKGROUND

A. Facts

In the November 1980 election for State's Attorney of Macon County, Illinois, Basil G. Greanias, the Democratic candidate, defeated Robert Wrigley, the Republican candidate. Prior to the 1980 election, E. Irene Wrigley...

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