Legal Opinion
Rudy Byron, Cross-Appellee v. Rudolph Clay, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 1989No. 88-1791, 88-1898PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether the First Amendment entitles the plaintiff, Rudy Byron, who describes himself as “a political hack employed in a make-work position doing virtually nothing in an unnecessary job,” to be reinstated to that position, with back pay “to date of reinstatement [and] with all applicable benefits and pay increase to which plaintiff would be entitled had he not been dismissed,” be cause he was fired for political reasons. These quotations from the plaintiffs brief accurately describe the job Byron lost and the relief he requested of the district…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. American Railway Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- James S. Jordan, Cross-Appellee v. Duff and Phelps, Inc., Claire v. Hansen, and Francis E. Jeffries, Defendants- Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- David HUEBSCHEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES and Jacquelyn Rader, Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Mary Pieczynski v. Katherine Duffy and Roberto MaldonadoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Mission Springs Inc. v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1998
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