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MESCALL v. ROCHFORD

No. 80-2732.

655 F.2d 111 (1981)

Joseph A. MESCALL, John R. Petrocelli, Charles D. Korzenowski, and Chicago Police Officers Local No. 1975, United Paperworkers International Union (U.P.I.U.) AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James M. ROCHFORD, Superintendent of Police of the City of Chicago, Marlin W. Johnson, Rev. Wilbur N. Daniel, Paul W. Goodrich, Rivera R. Sebastian, Louis F. Peick, and Raymond J. Hauser, Members of the Police Board of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome A. Siegan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Irving M. Friedman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and EAST, Senior District Judge.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This matter comes before the court on defendants' appeal from a summary judgment granted by the district court which held that Rule 54A of the Rules and Regulations of the Chicago Police Department violated plaintiffs' constitutional rights under the First Amendment, and then granted a permanent injunction to restrain the enforcement, operation, and execution of the rule. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

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