FAIRLEY v. ANDREWS

No. 07-3343.

578 F.3d 518 (2009)

Roger FAIRLEY and Richard Gackowski, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dennis ANDREWS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 2009.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Piers (argued), Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Daniel Patrick Duffy, Peterson, Johnson & Murray, John T. Roache, Jr. (argued), Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, Matthew Patrick Walsh, II, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Michael J. Hayes, K & L Gates LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Roger Fairley and Richard Gackowski worked as guards at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. After their peers threatened to kill them, they quit and sued the other guards, complaint handlers, the sheriff, and the County. (In saying that death threats were made, and throughout the opinion, we present the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiffs. Defendants deny many of plaintiffs' principal contentions.)

Guards at the Jail regularly...

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