From Caparelli-Ruff v. Bd. of Ed., decided Wednesday by Judge John Robert Blakey (N.D. Ill.):
In the spring of 2022, Plaintiff Elizabeth Caparelli-Ruff, who worked for the Board of Education of East Aurora School District 131, launched a campaign for Regional Superintendent of Schools in Will County. To raise money for her campaign, she advertised a gun raffle on Facebook. The grand prize? One Beretta 9mm Luger. According to the Complaint, the Board learned of the Facebook post and fired Plaintiff without notice, just days after renewing her contract.
The court held that plaintiff had adequately alleged, among other things, a breach of contract claim and a First Amendment retaliation claim:
