Legal Opinion
Fraternal Order of Police Hobart Lodge 121, Inc., James Richards, and George Luke v. City of Hobart
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 1988No. 88-1001PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide a difficult and important question of free speech. Because the case was dismissed on the pleadings, we take as true the facts stated in the complaint. On May 5, 1987, the City of Hobart, Indiana, held its Democratic primary election. The mayor and several members of the city council were defeated. Many of the city’s police had worked for the opposition during the primary campaign, and the lame-duck mayor and his lame-duck council were furious. A few weeks after the primary, the council enacted an ordinance requiring all city employees to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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