MILWAUKEE POLICE ASS'N v. JONES

No. 98-2904.

192 F.3d 742 (1999)

MILWAUKEE POLICE ASSOCIATION and Julie Horter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arthur JONES, Chief of Police for the City of Milwaukee, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Cermele (argued), Eggert & Edmonds, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Donald L. Schriefer (argued), Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This is one of those cases in which litigation seems to have replaced common sense. The parties appear to agree on the proper resolution, but inexplicably have not taken basic steps to reach that resolution.

In June 1998, Milwaukee Chief of Police Arthur Jones issued the following directive to officers of the Milwaukee Police Department ("Department"):

If a Department employee makes a verbal or written complaint...

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