Legal Opinion
Illinois State Employees Union, Council 34 v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 1972No. 71-1619PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether a public employee may be discharged for failing to support the partisan political activities of his immediate superior. Defendant contends as a matter of fact that plaintiffs were not discharged for any such reason and as a matter of law that such a reason is sufficient until political tradition — -at least the patronage aspects of the “spoils” system — is superseded by appropriate legislation. We conclude that neither defendant’s factual nor his legal defense has been established in this case. We start with the facts.
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