BYRON v. CLAY

Nos. 88-1791, 88-1898.

867 F.2d 1049 (1989)

Rudy BYRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Rudolph CLAY, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton L. Carmouche, Merrillville, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

James B. Meyer, King & Meyer, Gary, Ind., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether the First Amendment entitles the plaintiff, Rudy Byron, who describes himself as "a political hack employed in a make-work position doing virtually nothing in an unnecessary job," to be reinstated to that position, with back pay "to date of reinstatement [and] with all applicable benefits and pay increase to which plaintiff would be entitled had he not been dismissed," because

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