DAVIS v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 96-1091.

106 F.3d 206 (1997)

William P. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matt L. RODRIGUEZ, Superintendent, Chicago Police Department, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Neville, Chicago, IL, James M. Childs, Jr. (argued), Childs, Willis & Associates, Chicago, IL, for William P. Davis.

Mary L. Smith, Lawrence Rosenthal, Mardell Nereim (argued), Benna R. Solomon, Susan S. Sher, Office of Corp. Counsel, App. Div., Chicago, IL, for Matt L. Rodriguez.

Before BAUER, ESCHBACH and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

William Davis, the Director of News Affairs for the Chicago Police Department ("department"), was indicted by a grand jury in Cook County, Illinois for, among other things, disseminating information pertaining to a pending department investigation of former Congressman Melvin Reynolds. Immediately following the return of the indictment, Davis was discharged from his position as Director of News Affairs for the department. In response, Davis...

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