Legal Opinion
Meeks v. Grimes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1985No. 85-1176PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants are former bailiffs of the Gary City Court of Gary, Indiana who claim that they were terminated for their political activities in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments as interpreted in Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976). Following a bench trial the district court ruled in favor of the defendants and plaintiffs appealed to this court. Finding there to be insufficient evidence that these bailiffs fall within the exception to the First Amendment’s protections for positions where political affiliation is a bona…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by79 opinions
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- Barbara Faughender v. City of North Olmsted, Ohio and M. Yvonne Petragic, Mayor of the City of North OlmstedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
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