Legal Opinion
Veterans Legal Defense Fund v. Schwartz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 30, 2003No. 02-2143PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Tom Foster and Steven Terry, joined by the Veterans Legal Defense Fund (“VLDF”), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Illinois Secretary of State and the Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. The plaintiffs claim that their due process rights were violated when the defendants deprived them of their civil-service hiring preference, which they were entitled to as veterans of the armed services. The plaintiffs sought to represent a class of similarly passed over veterans. The district court denied the motion for class…
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