HUDSON v. BURKE

No. 89-2601.

913 F.2d 427 (1990)

Henry HUDSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edward M. BURKE and the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram A. Hartunian, James G. Bradtke, Hartunian, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arthur N. Christie, CC, Ruth M. Moscovitch, Kelly R. Welsh and Jean Dobrer, ACC, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Jerome H. Torshen, Mark K. Schoenfield, James K. Genden, Torshen, Schoenfield & Spreyer, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are former employees of the City of Chicago Finance Committee who lost their jobs when their alderman, Wilson Frost, was displaced as committee chairman. They sued the new committee chairman, Edward M. Burke, and the City for violating their constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Prior to trial, the district court granted Chicago's motion for summary judgment, and granted Burke's motion for summary judgment on the...

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