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NEWCOMB v. BRENNAN

No. 77-1006.

558 F.2d 825 (1977)

James NEWCOMB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James BRENNAN and Henry Reuss, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sutton, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert H. Friebert, Patrick B. McDonnell, Asst. City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff James Newcomb contends that his constitutional rights were violated when he was dismissed from his position as deputy city attorney of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Newcomb was dismissed when, against the wishes of the city attorney, he announced his intention to run for Congress. We affirm the district court's dismissal of the complaint.

I.

In April 1976 Newcomb was employed by...

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