Pat Quinn v. Robert Gates

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 08-2767 P ATRICK J. Q UINN, Governor of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R OBERT M. G ATES, Secretary of Defense, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 05-3190—Richard Mills, Judge. A RGUED JUNE 3, 2009—D ECIDED JULY 29, 2009 Before E ASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and R OVNER and S YKES, Circuit Judges. E ASTERBROOK, Chief Judge. Shuttering a military base is a difficult task. Whatever the long-term benefit to national security and the fisc, the economy…