Legal Opinion
Upton v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 1991No. Nos. 90-1559, 89-3627PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
These two cases before us on appeal, while distinct lawsuits, raise the same legal issues from similar facts making them suitable for disposition in a single integrated opinion.
Both cases involve appeals from denials of qualified immunity on motions for summary judgment by Sheriffs sued by their discharged deputies. The deputies claim that their discharges were impermissibly motivated by the Sheriffs’ opposition to their political party affiliations, thus infringing on their First Amendment rights. The Sheriffs insist that the deputies’ right to be free from this type of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by127 opinions
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- Cornelius Marshall v. Wilbert Allen, Richard Anderson, and Anthony J. Fusco, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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