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MILWAUKEE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASS'N v. CLARKE

No. 08-3298.

574 F.3d 370 (2009)

MILWAUKEE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION and Michael Schuh, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. David A. CLARKE, Jr., and Eileen Richards, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda S. Vanden Heuvel, Attorney, Graham P. Wiemer (argued), Vanden Heuvel & Dineen, S.C., Germantown, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James R. Scott, Oyvind Wistrom (argued), Lindner & Marsack, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The dispute in this case is what one's mother might have in mind when she imparts the classic phrase, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Apparently, Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr., did not take this childhood lesson to heart. In the summer of 2005, Sheriff Clarke posted on a roll-call bulletin board a quote that at least one deputy, Michael Schuh, considered an offensive challenge to his and his...

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