RATEREE v. ROCKETT

No. 87-2114.

852 F.2d 946 (1988)

Bonnie RATEREE, Ken Vaughn, William Gardner, Leander Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Damon ROCKETT, Frank Piekarski, Otis Gilmore, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Freedman, Freedman & Bornstein, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Nancy G. Lischer, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

Bonnie Rateree, Kenneth Vaughn, William Gardner, Leander Brown, and Renee Gholson sued the City of Harvey, Illinois (Harvey) and three City Commissioners — Damon Rockett, Frank Piekarski, and Otis Gilmore — under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of their first and fourteenth amendment rights. The plaintiffs, city employees, claim they were harassed because of their political views and that all plaintiffs except Gholson eventually...

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