Legal Opinion
Neomi Hernandez v. Jack O'malley, Individually and in His Capacity as State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, and Chris Orozco
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 1996No. 96-1279PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In February 1986 Neomi Hernandez went to work for the State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois. Hernandez is active in the Democratic Party and twice ran in its primary for the state house of representatives (most recently in March 1992). She has joined litigation to promote her faction’s fortunes. E.g., Hastert v. State Board of Elections, 28 F.3d 1430 (7th Cir.1993); Bonilla v. City Council of City of Chicago, 809 F.Supp. 590 (N.D.Ill.1992). Hernandez was hired when Richard M. Daley, a Democrat, held the office. In 1990 Jack O’Malley, a Republican, was elected to…
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