Legal Opinion
Joseph v. Bond
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided October 7, 1981No. Nos. 81-0510-CV-W-1 and 81-4161-CV-C-0PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDERS DIRECTING THE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
JOHN . W. OLIVER, Senior District Judge.
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This consolidated case involves but one of the many forms of the general practice of political patronage. The various forms of that general practice, as the Supreme Court noted in Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 at 353, 96 S.Ct. 2673 at 2679, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976), involve, at the very least, (a) the dismissal of public employees on a partisan basis; (b) the placing of loyal supporters in government jobs that may or may not have been made available by…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Joseph v. BondCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Luisa A. De Abadia v. Hon. Luis Izquierdo MoraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Luisa A. De Abadia v. Hon. Luis Izquierdo MoraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986