Edward Nekolny, Patrick Dumas, and Maria L. Dahms v. Ann B. Painter, Individually and as Supervisor of Lyons Township, Defendant

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1981-08-14

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CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, concurring: I agree that Mount Healthy compels us to shift the burden of persuasion to the defendant once the plaintiffs have made a prima facie showing that political activity was a “motivating factor” in the discharges. As a matter of good policy, however, it is unclear to me why the analysis of Texas Department of Commu…

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