Legal Opinion
Shanahan v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 14, 1995No. 91 C 2865Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge:
Before the court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.
FACTS 1
Plaintiff Michael Shanahan brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the consent decree entered in Shakman v. Democratic Org. of Cook County, 481 F.Supp. 1315, 1356-59 (N.D.Ill.1979) (“Shakman decree”) alleging that he was demoted in viola*537tion of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Shakmcm decree. Shanahan contends that he was demoted because he refused to hire machinists who were allegedly political supporters of Mayor…
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