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BROWN v. DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF EDGERTON

No. 95-3443.

97 F.3d 969 (1996)

Richard L. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF the EDGERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, Edgerton Fire Protection District Commission, Kenneth Crandal, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Kennelly (argued), Fox & Fox, Madison, WI for Richard L. Brown.

W. Scott McAndrew (argued), David J. Pliner, Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, Madison, WI, for Edgerton Fire Protection District Commission, Kenneth Crandal, Michael Reynolds, Roger Schieldt, Michael Drought, Arnold Lund, Disciplinary Committee of the Edgerton Volunteer Fire Dept., Stanley Foreman.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

The difference between calling something the "Edgerton Fire Department" and the "Edgerton Fire District" might not seem monumental to the outside observer, but to Richard L. Brown it was a matter of significant public import. Brown was a volunteer firefighter for fifteen years in the Edgerton Fire Department, Edgerton, Wisconsin. When organizational changes caused the Department to change its name to the Edgerton Fire District, Brown...

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