Legal Opinion
Elrod v. Burns
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 1976No. 74-1520PublishedCited by 4,553 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan, joined by Justice White and Justice Marshall
This case presents the question whether public employees who allege that they were discharged or threatened with discharge solely because of their partisan political affiliation or nonaffiliation state a claim for deprivation of constitutional rights secured by the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Respondents brought this- suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois *350against petitioners, Richard J. Elrod, Richard J. Daley, the Democratic Organization of Cook County, and the Democratic County Central Committee of Cook County. Their complaint alleged that they…
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