Legal Opinion
James F. Ahern v. Morgan F. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1972No. 71-1286PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff has attacked the constitutional sufficiency of a Chicago ordinance and a rule of the city police department requiring policemen to reside within the corporate boundaries of the City of Chicago.
Plaintiff alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 and of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by Section 25-30 of the Chicago Municipal Code, which provides:
“All officers and employees in the classified civil service of the city shall be actual residents of the city. Any officer or employee in the classified civil service of the city who…
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3Cited by31 opinions
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