SHAKMAN v. DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION OF COOK COUNTY

No. 82-3079.

722 F.2d 1307 (1983)

Michael SHAKMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, and Horace Lindsey, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION OF COOK COUNTY, et al., Defendants, and Edmund L. Kelly, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1983.

Opinion September 21, 1983.

Certiorari Denied October 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Murphy, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Rick Halprin, Ben. Atty., Chgo. Park Dist., John J. Verscaj, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


Certiorari Denied October 17, 1983. See 104 S.Ct. 279.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal concerns the scope of the Shakman decree with respect to highranking, policymaking public employees. Specifically, the question presented is whether the Superintendent of Employment for the Chicago Park District is a policymaker or confidential employee such that he is excluded from the first amendment's protection from harassment...

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