PANOZZO v. RHOADS

No. 89-2443.

905 F.2d 135 (1990)

Jeffrey PANOZZO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.A. RHOADS, Individually and as Chief of Police of the Village of East Hazel Crest, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1990.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl M. Walsh, Lonny B. Ogus, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ross J. Peters, Richard A. Cowen, Marcia E. Doane, Cowen, Crowley & Nord, John B. Murphey, Lisa A. Lett, Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega, Chicago, Ill., Thomas A. Brown, Warren L. Swanson, Swanson & Brown, Palos Heights, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Jeffrey Panozzo was fired from his job as a police officer for the Village of East Hazel Crest, Illinois ("the Village") on July 3, 1985. He subsequently instituted this action in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Village Chief of Police, S.A. Rhoads, four of the Village Trustees, and the Village itself. The complaint contained three counts. The first, the Section 1983...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases