WILLAN v. COLUMBIA COUNTY

No. 01-2971.

280 F.3d 1160 (2002)

Thomas WILLAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Willan, Lodi, WI, pro se.

Meg Vergeront, Stafford Rosenbaum, Madison, WI, for Columbia County and Kevin Heimerl.

Joely Urdan, Office of Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Jane Kohlwey.

Gregg T. Heidenreich, Stilp & Cotton, Brookfield, WI, for City of Lodi and Glen Melius.

William W. Ehrke, Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Steeves, Milwaukee, WI, for Town of Lodi.

Before POSNER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Willan sued county law-enforcement officers and authorities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they had violated his constitutional rights by obtaining and disseminating information about his criminal history. He appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants.

Willan was locked in a bitter campaign in 1999 for the mayoralty of the town of Lodi, Wisconsin. His opponent, the incumbent, complained to the police that...

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