Shanahan v. City of Chicago

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-05-06

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TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge. A mayor named Daley and a disgruntled city employee — some might say politics as usual in Chicago. Michael Shanahan would disagree. He says Chicago politics, usual or not, violated his constitutional rights. Shan-ahan brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the consent decree entered in Shakman v. Democratic Org. of Cook County, <spa…

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