Legal Opinion
Eva Ciechon v. The City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1982No. 80-2397PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises the issues of whether the City of Chicago violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantees of equal protection and due process by discharging Eva Ciechon from her position as a career paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department. The district court granted summary judgment on Ciechon’s constitutional claims and ordered her reinstatement. We affirm.
I
The following synopsis is based on the record and the district court’s findings:
Plaintiff Eva Ciechon has been a permanent career service paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department since 1976. When this…
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