Samuel Colaizzi and Samuel Indovina v. Daniel Walker, (Former) Governor of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1987-04-08

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. This antique case (now more than 12 years old), here for the third time, requires us to decide whether Daniel Walker, who was Governor of Illinois in 1974, violated a “clearly established” constitutional right of two public officials whom he fired, without notice or an opportunity for a hearing, for misconduct in office. If their right to notice and a hearing was not clearly established in 1974, Walker…

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