Legal Opinion
Leo HECK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FREEPORT and Mayor Richard Weis, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 29, 1993No. 91-3893, 91-3894PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Between 1986 and 1989, Leo Heck served as the General Inspector of the City of Freeport, Illinois. As set out in the Free-port Municipal Code, the General Inspector is a salaried position within the Health Department appointed by the mayor of Freeport with the approval of the City Council. The job involves the supervision of five garbage collectors and the city dump; the officer receives the use of a city car and parking space, and has his own office in city hall. Mayor Mark McLeRoy, the former five-term mayor of Freeport, appointed Heck to the post in January 1986, after…
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