CAGE v. HARPER

No. 21-2447.

42 F.4th 734 (2022)

Patrick B. CAGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tiffany HARPER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth I. Major , Attorney, Law Offices of Ruth I. Major, PC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nigel F. Telman , Steven J. Pearlman , Edward C. Young , Attorneys, Proskauer Rose LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Ripple and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


In May 2017 Chicago State University fired its General Counsel, Patrick Cage. Litigation followed, with Cage alleging that the decision violated both the Illinois Ethics Act and the First Amendment by reflecting retaliation for his having blown the whistle on a potential conflict of interest that arose when the Board of Trustees...

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