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DISHNOW v. SCHOOL DIST. OF RIB LAKE

No. 95-2563.

77 F.3d 194 (1996)

Michael DISHNOW, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RIB LAKE, Ramon Parks, and Paul Peterson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daphne Webb, Lynn Bodie (argued), Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Morse, Susan M. Love (argued), Wanda L. Hurr, Brent P. Benrud, Von Briesen, Purtell & Roper, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, Jr., and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Michael Dishnow was employed as a guidance counselor by a public high school in Rib Lake, a small town in northern Wisconsin. He brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the school district, the superintendent of the school district, and the principal of the high school, claiming that they had fired him in retaliation for his exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. The jury agreed and returned a verdict in his favor of...

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