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KOKKINIS v. IVKOVICH

No. 98-3047.

185 F.3d 840 (1999)

Peter A. KOKKINIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vladimir IVKOVICH, individually and officially as Chief of Police of the Bridgeview Police Department, and Village of Bridgeview, a body politic and corporate, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome F. Marconi, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William W. Kurnik (argued), Kurnik, Cipolla & Barasha, Arlington Heights, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Peter Kokkinis brought this § 1983 action against Police Chief Vladimir Ivkovich and the Village of Bridgeview. He alleged that the defendants retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights after he made statements about the Police Chief on television. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment on the ground that Mr. Kokkinis' statements were not constitutionally protected because they did not...

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