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LAUTH v. McCOLLUM

No. 04-3782.

424 F.3d 631 (2005)

Chester A. LAUTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel L. McCOLLUM, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Vodak (argued), Lisa Kane, Kane & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas R. Weiler (argued), Norton, Mancini, Argentati, Weiler & Deano, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee McCollum.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Lauth, a police officer in the Chicago suburb of LaGrange Park, sued his police chief, McCollum, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The suit charged that McCollum (and the Village, but it's been dropped as a defendant) had deprived Lauth of the equal protection of the laws by asking the Village's Board of Police Commissioners to sanction him for misfeasance. (The Board obliged.) The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants...

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