Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 18, 1988, 87-2114 (Bonnie Rateree, Ken Vaughn, William Gardner, Leander Brown, Plaintiffs v. Damon Rockett, Frank Piekarski, Otis Gilmore)

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Bonnie Rateree, Kenneth Vaughn, William Gardner, Leander Brown, and Renee Gholson sued the City of Harvey, Illinois (Harvey) and three City Commissioners— Damon Rockett, Frank Piekarski, and Otis Gilmore — under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of their first and fourteenth amendment rights.