WREN v. JONES

Nos. 79-2254, 79-2324, 80-1131, 80-1132.

635 F.2d 1277 (1980)

Cecil WREN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Nolan JONES et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Hanley, Springfield, Ill., for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Robert L. Stern, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before SWYGERT and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 12, 1981.

PER CURIAM.

This case involves allegations that twenty-six employees of the State of Illinois were discharged for political reasons in violation of their right to free association, due process and equal protection as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Plaintiffs are twenty-six state employees who, according to defendants, were necessarily "laid off;" twenty-five from the Illinois...

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