Donna Shondel and Mark J. McKechnie v. Thomas M. McDermott Individually and as Mayor of the City of Hammond, Indiana

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1985-10-31

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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 h…

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