Officer James T. McGreal v. Eric Ostrov, Doctor, Village of Alsip, Kenneth Wood, Chief of the Alsip Police Department

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• indicating “that statements were made with reckless indifference to their accuracy is not normally relevant to the question whether the issue was a matter of public concern”
• \It is rarely appropriate on summary judgment for a district court to make a finding on state of mind.\
• \It is rarely appropriate on summary judgment for a district court to make a finding on state of mind.\
• revers- ing summary judgment for employers where they presented no evidence on the truth of employee’s statements or their reason for believing statements to be false
• “The timing of these events provides a genuine issue of fact regarding the true rea- son for the Department’s actions against McGreal.”
• \It is rarely appropriate on summary judgment for a district court to make a finding on state of mind.\

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