Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Burke
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 24, 1985No. 83 C 5785PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HOLDERMAN, District Judge:
Plaintiffs Lafayette Blackmon, Gwen Flowers, Henry Hudson, Ruby Thomas, John Laschiava and Whitney Valentine 1 brought this civil rights’ action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for injunctive relief and damages claiming that the defendants Alderman Burke (“Burke”) and the City of Chicago (the “City”) violated plaintiffs’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by terminating their employment as investigators for the City Council’s Finance Committee. The terminations allegedly resulted because plaintiffs were supporters of May- or Washington and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Rini v. ZwirnDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- Cynthia A. Forrester v. Judge Howard Lee WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Henry Hudson v. Edward M. Burke and the City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Vélez Ramírez v. Colberg RamírezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1986
- Pleva v. NorquistDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1999
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