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Grabinger v. Conlisk

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Jan 21, 1972
455 F.2d 490 (7th Cir. 1972)

Opinion

No. 71-1203.

January 21, 1972.

Jeffrey A. Schulman, James G. Demopoulos, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, Daniel Pascale, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; William R. Quinlan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Thomas R. Mulroy, Jr., Senior Law Student, of counsel.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and GORDON, District Judge.

The Honorable Myron L. Gordon, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, is sitting by designation.


The issue raised by this appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted a complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1985 and 1986. The complaint challenged the propriety of the suspension from duty for fifteen days of the plaintiff police officers by the defendants because of plaintiffs' disobedience of their superiors' order to submit to questioning monitored by polygraph without the presence of counsel concerning their alleged misconduct in the performance of their official duties.

We fully agree with the opinion of the district court, reported as Grabinger v. Conlisk, 320 F. Supp. 1213 (N.D.Ill. 1970), and we adopt and incorporate that opinion in its entirety.

The judgment of the district court is affirmed.


Summaries of

Grabinger v. Conlisk

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Jan 21, 1972
455 F.2d 490 (7th Cir. 1972)
Case details for

Grabinger v. Conlisk

Case Details

Full title:JOHN GRABINGER AND ROBERT TOVAR, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. JAMES B…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Date published: Jan 21, 1972

Citations

455 F.2d 490 (7th Cir. 1972)

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