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SHONDEL v. McDERMOTT

Nos. 84-1982, 84-2862.

775 F.2d 859 (1985)

Donna SHONDEL and Mark J. McKechnie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas M. McDERMOTT, individually and as Mayor of the City of Hammond, Indiana, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1985.

As Amended October 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Berger, Highland, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles A. Myers, Mchie, Myers & Mchie, Hammond, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Donna Shondel and Mark McKechnie, former employees of Hammond, Indiana, sued the mayor of Hammond (McDermott), other city officials, and city agencies, under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (now 42 U.S.C. § 1983), charging that the defendants had violated the plaintiffs' rights under the First Amendment, as held applicable to state action by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs asked for a preliminary injunction...

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