John S. Smith v. James Fruin, Robert Biebel, Stephen Kuhn, and William Murray

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1994-08-15

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ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge. John S. Smith, a Chicago police detective, brought suit against his superiors in the police department contending that they had given him a sham surveillance assignment as a punishment for voicing his concerns about smoking in his workplace. The appellants moved for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. The district court denied…

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