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UPTON v. THOMPSON

Nos. 90-1559, 89-3627.

930 F.2d 1209 (1991)

Derrell E. UPTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernie C. THOMPSON, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Kankakee County, Defendant-Appellant. Jack L. THULEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin BAUSMAN, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Carroll County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy T. McLaughlin, Oak Lawn, Ill., for Jimmie R. Sweeney, Jack L. Thulen and Harlan L. Carbaugh.

Marilyn Longwell, Charmaine E. Dwyer, Kerr & Longwell, Chicago, Ill., for Derrell E. Upton.

James G. Sotos, Charles E. Hervas, James R. Schirott, Michael W. Condon, Schirott & Associates, Itasca, Ill., Richard R. Haldeman, Williams & McCarthy, Rockford, Ill., for Marvin Bausman.

Charles E. Hervas, James G. Sotos, Michael W. Condon, Phillip A. Luetkehans, Schirott & Associates, Itasca, Ill., for Bernie C. Thompson.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

These two cases before us on appeal, while distinct lawsuits, raise the same legal issues from similar facts making them suitable for disposition in a single integrated opinion.

Both cases involve appeals from denials of qualified immunity on motions for summary judgment by Sheriffs sued by their discharged deputies. The deputies claim that their discharges were impermissibly motivated by the Sheriffs' opposition to their political party...

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