Legal Opinion
Dorothy Jean Burden-Meeks and Sheryl Perez v. Dwight Welch and City of Country Club Hills, Appeal Of: Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2003No. 02-2460PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs used to be employees of Country Club Hills, a city in Illinois. They contend in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Mayor Dwight Welch fired them for political reasons, violating the first amendment as it has been understood since Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976). Resolution of that claim has been delayed by a dispute about access to a document prepared for the Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency (iRma), a body created by modestly sized municipalities in northeastern Illinois to pool their liability risks. The…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Church of Scientology of California v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by54 opinions
- Sandra T.E. v. South Berwyn School District 100Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Fort James Corporation v. Solo Cup CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- Pacific Pictures Corp. v. United States District CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- RBS Citizens, N.A. v. HusainDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2013
- Towne Place Condo. Ass'n v. Phila. Indem. Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 2018
49 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.