Legal Opinion
Shanahan v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1996No. 95-1929PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
A mayor named Daley and a disgruntled city employee — some might say politics as usual in Chicago. Michael Shanahan would disagree. He says Chicago politics, usual or not, violated his constitutional rights. Shan-ahan brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the consent decree entered in Shakman v. Democratic Org. of Cook County, 481 F.Supp. 1315, 1356-59 (N.D.Ill.1979), vacated, Shakman v. Dunne, 829 F.2d 1387 (7th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1065, 108 S.Ct. 1026, 98 L.Ed.2d 991 (1988). He alleged that he was demoted in violation of his First…
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