HEFLIN v. DALY

No. 86-3364.

742 F.Supp. 515 (1990)

Barbara HEFLIN and Rebecca Tipps, Plaintiffs, v. John DALY, Charles Cali, William Rolando, and Mark Sorenson, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

August 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lee Leahy, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Lance T. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for defendants.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Barbara Heflin and Rebecca Tipps were both the victims and perpetrators of outrageous harassment.

This litigation began in 1986 and culminated in 1990 in a verdict in favor of the Defendants following a week-long jury trial. The lesson taught by this case is that federal laws are intended to protect an individual's civil rights but are not to be used to obtain redress for mere personal grievances.

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