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HANSEN v. BENNETT

No. 90-3727.

948 F.2d 397 (1991)

Charles HANSEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gerald R. BENNETT, Individually and as Mayor of Palos Hills, and Daniel Hurley, Individually and as then former Police Chief of Palos Hills, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Fleischmann, Steven R. Verr (argued), Gessler, Flynn, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael D. Walsh, Ronald F. Neville, George Pappas (argued), Walsh, Neville, Pappas & Mahoney, Chicago, for defendants-appellants.

Before CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Charles Hansen has long been a political gadfly of Gerald Bennett, the mayor of Palos Hills, Illinois. On November 5, 1987, the Palos Hills city council held a meeting which was also a celebration of the city's youth, "Youth Turnabout Day." Hansen came to the meeting to discuss possible environmental hazards in the city. At one point, Hansen zealously pursued his differences with Bennett, and Bennett called Hansen out of order. Later...

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