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GARRETT v. BARNES

No. 91-1505.

961 F.2d 629 (1992)

Paul GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas V. BARNES, individually and as Mayor of the City of Gary, Indiana, and the City of Gary, Indiana, an Indiana municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Berger, Highland, Ind. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Gilbert King, Jr., Corp. Counsel (argued), Office of Corp. Counsel, MacArthur Drake (argued), Gary, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

WILL, Senior District Judge.

Paul Garrett sued Mayor Barnes and the City of Gary under § 1983, charging that he had been fired because of his political affiliation with the previous mayor in violation of his first amendment rights. At the close of evidence in the third trial (two earlier mistrials had resulted from hung juries), the district court granted the defendants' motion for a directed verdict. This appeal followed...

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