KIEL v. CITY OF KENOSHA

No. 00-2651.

236 F.3d 814 (2000)

John B. KIEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF KENOSHA, Nick E. Arnold, Chuck Grapentine, and Joseph Kiser, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Nelson (argued), Schneidman, Myers, Dowling & Blumfield, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Kathy L. Nusslock (argued), Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

On May 30, 2000, John Kiel, a firefighter employed by the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the City's residency requirement violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.1 Kiel also filed a motion for a preliminary injunction requesting that the court enjoin the defendants from enforcing the residency requirement. The trial court denied Kiel...

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