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CROT v. BYRNE

No. 90-3418.

957 F.2d 394 (1992)

William J. CROT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jane BYRNE, City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, John Donovan, and John Winkler, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Fitzpatrick (argued), Callahan & Fitzpatrick, Oak Lawn, Ill., for William J. Crot.

Terence J. Moran, Nancy Van Allen, Office of Corp. Counsel, James H. Wolf, Wolf & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for Jane Byrne.

Frederick S. Rhine, Asst. Corp. Counsel (argued), Terence J. Moran, Nancy Van Allen, Office of Corp. Counsel, Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for City of Chicago.

Robert J. Weber, Terence J. Moran, Nancy Van Allen, Office of Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for John T. Donovan and John Winkler.

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

BAUER, Chief Judge.

In this political firing case, we must determine whether a determination by the Illinois Industrial Commission that William Crot's discharge from employment did not cause his subsequent stroke collaterally estops him from relitigating that issue in the present action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). The district court found the application of administrative res judicata appropriate. See Crot v. Byrne, 646 F.Supp. 1245...

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