Legal Opinion
Ford v. Blagojevich
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided May 8, 2003No. 03-3089PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SCOTT, District Judge.
Diane Ford (Ford) filed this lawsuit against Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich over his action in firing her from the Illinois Industrial Commission. She claims that when he fired her from her position as a Commissioner of the Illinois Industrial Commission, he deprived her of her constitutional right to property in that job without due process of law because he fired her without prior notice to her and an opportunity for her to respond to the charges at a hearing. She also claims that Governor Blagojevich violated her constitutional right to liberty because when…
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