RATHERT v. VILLAGE OF PEOTONE

No. 89-1435.

903 F.2d 510 (1990)

Marvin RATHERT and Gary Zybak, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF PEOTONE, Warren Baker, Ronald Cramer, John Hall, James Janda, Thomas Tucker, Kenneth Eatinger, Richard Anderson, and Gary N. Bogart, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Gubbins, Gubbins & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

P.L. Pawlowski, Kendall D. Griffith, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, Ill., William W. Kurnik, Kurnik, Cipolla, Stephenson & Barasha, Vincent C. Cipolla, Kurnick, Cipolla, Stephenson, Barasha & O'Dell, Arlington Heights, Ill., Lynn D. Dowd, Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Male police officers wearing earrings?1 Yes, and that gives rise to the constitutional issues in this case. Marvin Rathert and Gary Zybak, police officers of the Village of Peotone, Illinois, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Village and various of its officials.2 Count I of their complaint alleges that they were disciplined without...

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