Legal Opinion
O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. v. City of Northlake
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 1996No. 95-191PublishedCited by 342 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
Government officials may not discharge public employees for refusing to support a political party or its candidates, unless political affiliation is a reasonably appropriate requirement for the job in question. Elrod v. Burns, 427 U. S. 347 (1976); Branti v. Finkel, 445 U. S. 507 (1980). We must decide whether the protections of Elrod and Branti extend to an independent contractor, who, in retaliation for refusing to comply with demands for political support, has a government contract terminated or is removed from an official list of contractors authorized to perform public services. Although…
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