Legal Opinion
Harold Smith v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 1985No. 84-2858PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Demoted, from bricklayer to laborer in November 1982, discharged as a laborer in June 1984 because of a reduction in force, Harold Smith sought judicial relief in August 1984. Smith’s petition contended that the demotion came in retaliation for his support of a candidate for Mayor and so violated the Shakman consent decree. The Shakman decree, entered in 1972 and modified several times since, controls the use of political patronage in the City’s employment practices. See Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633 (7th Cir.1985), which describes the history and scope…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of TeamstersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Delaware State College v. RicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,379 Marian W. Short v. Belleville Shoe Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Arthur M. Herman v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Lawrence C. Bieneman v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Ann Williams-Guice v. Board of Education of the City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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