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PRESSLEY v. HAEGER

Nos. 91-2194 and 91-2196.

977 F.2d 295 (1992)

Robert PRESSLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Michael F. HAEGER, individually and as Chief of Police of the Village of Wheeling, Illinois, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Burns (argued), Alan M. Freedman, Bruce H. Bornstein, Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

William W. Kurnik (argued), Kurnik, Cipolla, Stephenson & Barasha, Arlington Heights, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 2, 1992.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Robert Pressley was the first black police officer in Wheeling, Illinois. For years he remained the only black employee of that village. Occasional unpleasant incidents marred his life, but most of his colleagues were friendly and the rest tractable. When Michael Haeger arrived as chief of police in February 1982, Pressley told him about problems he occasionally had with two...

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