Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Indiana (1992)

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green Michael Alan Gadsby v. Norwalk Furniture Corporation (1996)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir. · 2 citations in this opinion

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Octavio Delgado v. Police Chief Arthur Jones and Deputy Chief Monica Ray (2002)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

A. For a First Amendment retaliation claim to survive a judgment on the pleadings, we have held that “the facts alleged in the complaint must show that (1) the speech in which the plaintiffs engaged was constitutionally protected under the circumstances, and (2) the defendants retaliated against them because of it.” Gustafson, 117 F.3d at 1018 (citing Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992)).

green Delgado, Octavio v. Jones, Arthur L. (2002)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

A. For a First Amendment retaliation claim to survive a judgment on the pleadings, we have held that "the facts alleged in the complaint must show that (1) the speech in which the plaintiffs engaged was constitutionally protected under the circumstances, and (2) the defendants retaliated against them because of it." Gustafson, 117 F.3d at 1018 (citing Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir. 1992)).

green Chappel v. Montgomery County Fire Protection District No. 1 (1997)

Rule Authority · 6th Cir.

See, e.g., Gustafson v. Jones, 117 F.3d 1015, 1021 (7th Cir.1997); Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992).

green Robert Chappel v. Montgomery County Fire Protection District No. 1 (1997)

Rule Authority · 6th Cir.

See, e.g., Gustafson v. Jones, 117 F.3d 1015, 1021 (7th Cir.1997); Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992).

green Gustafson v. Jones (1997)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992), quoting Barkoo v. Melby, 901 F.2d 613, 617 (7th Cir.1990).

green Gustafson v. Jones (1997)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992), quoting Barkoo v. Melby, 901 F.2d 613, 617 (7th Cir.1990).

green Rudolph Lucien v. Howard A. Peters III (1997)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

The district court 3 dismissed three claims for failure to state a claim, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) (prison overcrowding, excessive noise, and gang control), and the court entered summary judgment in favor of defendants as to the two remaining claims (racial discrimination in cell assignments, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke). 4 Standard of Review 2 We review a dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) de novo, Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1…

green In Re Healthcare Compare Corp. Securities Litigation (1996)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Moss v. Healthcare Compare Corp. (1996)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green John Goodluck v. City of Chicago (1995)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992). 6 Goodluck argues that the district court erroneously dismissed his claims because the parties' diverse citizenship entitles him to federal-court adjudication of his alleged property rights.

green Scott Wexler v. City of Chicago, Caesar Blanco, Individually and as District Officer, Cortez Trotter, Individ… (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Hondo, Inc. v. Sterling (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Hondo, Inc. v. Sterling (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Claire Addams v. City of Chicago (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Northern Assurance Co. of America v. Summers (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Inc., 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Northern Assurance Company of America v. Summers (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Inc., 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green William McNeil v. Michael P. Lane, Michael O'leary, and Jack Boles (1994)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

As an appellate court, we review the grant of a motion to dismiss de novo, Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992), viewing all the facts alleged in the complaint, as well as any inferences reasonably drawn from them, in a light most favorable to the plaintiff.

green Charles Arnhold v. Kenneth McGinnis (1993)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Id.; Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Quentin Kelly, Jerry Smith, Ray B. Hill v. City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Michael Collin… (1993)

Rule Authority · 7th Cir.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Canada v. Hall (2019)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

See, e.g., Grieveson v. Anderson, 538 F.3d 763, 774 (7th Cir. 2008) (holding that four incidents involving the plaintiff did not establish a widespread unconstitutional practice sufficient to survive summary judgment); Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 673 (7th Cir. 1992) (concluding that a single alleged incident of First Amendment retaliation was insufficient to establish a municipal practice capable of surviving a motion to dismiss).

concluding that a single alleged incident of First Amendment retaliation was insufficient to establish a municipal practice capable of surviving a motion to dismiss

green Glade ex rel. Lundskow v. United States (2011)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Padron v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (2011)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Simonian v. Weber-Stephen Products Co. (2011)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Thompson's Gas & Electric Service, Inc. v. BP America Inc. (2010)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Amerigas Propane, L.P. v. BP America, Inc. (2010)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Swanson v. Citi (2009)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green S & L Enterprises I, LLC v. Eisaman (Eisaman) (2008)

Rule Authority · Bankr. N.D. Ind.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 671-72 (7th Cir.1992)(citing Mosley v. Klincar, 947 F.2d 1388, 1339 (7th Cir.1991)).

green Meer v. Graham (2007)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (citation omitted).

green Young v. Schmucker (In Re Schmucker) (2007)

Rule Authority · Bankr. N.D. Ind.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 671-72 (7th Cir.1992)(citing Mosley v. Klincar, 947 F.2d 1338, 1339 (7th Cir.1991)).

green Cobbs v. Sheahan (2004)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992).

green Ellis v. City of Chicago (2003)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (citations omitted).

green Love v. City of Chicago Board of Education (1998)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

See Gustafson, 117 F.3d at 1018-19 ; Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992).

green Zisis v. St. Joseph Tp. of Allen County (1997)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ind.

Courts have routinely held that isolated incidents of alleged misconduct by a governmental employee or governmental official, are insufficient, as a matter of law, to raise an inference as to the existence of a custom for purposes of establishing municipal liability.” Defendants’ Memorandum, pp. 21-22 (citing Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Indiana, 959 F.2d 670, 673 (7th Cir.1992) and Henry v. Farmer City State Bank, 808 F.2d 1228, 1237 (7th Cir.1986)).

green Sarantakis v. Village of Winthrop Harbor (1997)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 673 (7th Cir.1992).

green Wright v. Butts (1996)

Rule Authority · M.D. Ala.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (quoting Brownlee v. Conine, 957 F.2d 353, 354 (7th Cir.1992)) (holding that “[a] civil rights complaint must outline a vio *1362 lation of the constitution or a federal statute ‘and connect the violation to the named defendants’ ”).

green Lionheart Partners, Inc. v. M-Wave, Inc. (1996)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Arrington v. Dickerson (1996)

Rule Authority · M.D. Ala.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (quoting Brownlee v. Conine, 957 F.2d 353, 354 (7th Cir.1992) (holding that “[a] civil rights complaint must outline a violation of the constitution or a federal statute ‘and connect the violation to the named defendants’ ”).) In order to bridge the gap between the protected speech and the denial of the plaintiffs retail liquor license, the court must assume facts not set forth in the complaint.

green Dandino v. Tieri (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Since we must accept the well-pleaded allegations of Dandino’s complaint on this motion to dismiss, Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992), there is no question that Dandino can meet the first two prongs of the test.

green Arrington v. Dickerson (1995)

Rule Authority · M.D. Ala.

The court also finds persuasive the Seventh Circuit’s reasoning that “[a] civil rights complaint must outline a violation of the constitution or a federal statute and connect the violation to the ‘named defendants.’ ” Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (quoting Brownlee v. Conine, 957 F.2d 353, 354 (7th Cir.1992)); see also Branch v. Tunnell, 937 F.2d 1382, 1386 (9th Cir.1991), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 114 S.Ct. 2704 , 129 L.Ed.2d 832 (1994) (Where s…

green Falk v. Cook County Sheriff's Office (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Indiana, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (“discharge is not the only retaliatory act for [constitutionally protected] speech that is actionable under section 1983”); Auriemma v. Rice, 910 F.2d 1449, 1459 (7th Cir.1990).

green Abbott Laboratories v. Zenith Laboratories, Inc. (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992) (citing Mosley v. Minear, 947 F.2d 1338, 1339 (7th Cir.1991).

green McQuerry v. American Medical Systems, Inc. (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

In ruling on a motion to dismiss, "[w]e view all of the facts alleged in the complaint, as well as any inferences reasonably drawn from them, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff." Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Libbra v. City of Litchfield, Ill. (1995)

Rule Authority · C.D. Ill.

Accordingly, it seems clear that the Libbras are burdened with the task of convincing the Court that the content of their signs qualifies as protected speech and thus enjoys Constitutional protection. 4 See Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (In the context of a public employee alleging that he was retaliated against for exercising his First Amendment guarantee of free speech, the public employee must establish “that the speech [he] 'engaged in was …

green Rojicek v. Community Consolidated School District 15 (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir. 1992), citing Barkoo v. Melby, 901 F.2d 613, 617 (7th Cir.1990).

green Lewis v. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

In ruling on a motion to dismiss, "[w]e view all of the facts alleged in the complaint, as well as any inferences reasonably drawn from them, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.” Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992).

green Agricultural Excess & Surplus Insurance v. A.B.D. Tank & Pump Co. (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 671 (7th Cir.1992), citing Mosley v. Klincar, *1094 947 F.2d 1338, 1339 (7th Cir.1991).

green Parish v. Pahs (1995)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ind.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Indiana, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992). 2 As for the first element, whether a public employee’s speech has protected status is a question of law determined by this court.

green Williams v. Hutchens (1994)

Rule Authority · N.D. Ill.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992) (quoting Mosley v. Klincar, 947 F.2d 1338, 1339 (7th Cir.1991)).

green Morris v. State of Kan. Dept. of Revenue (1994)

Rule Authority · D. Kan.

Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Ind., 959 F.2d 670, 672 (7th Cir.1992).