Legal Opinion
Donna Shondel and Mark J. McKechnie v. Thomas M. McDermott Individually and as Mayor of the City of Hammond, Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 1985No. 84-1982, 84-2862PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Donna Shondel and Mark McKechnie, former employees of Hammond, Indiana, sued the mayor of Hammond (McDermott), other city officials, and city agencies, under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (now 42 U.S.C. § 1983), charging that the defendants had violated the plaintiffs’ rights under the First Amendment, as held applicable to state action by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs asked for a preliminary injunction, which was denied. They have appealed from the denial, as they are entitled to do, under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1).
Mrs. Shondel had been…
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