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NELSON v. STREETER

Nos. 92-2991, 92-3177.

16 F.3d 145 (1994)

David K. NELSON, JR., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allan STREETER, Dorothy Tillman, and Bobby L. Rush, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Beem, Barry A. Miller, Diane F. Klotnia, Miller, Shakman, Hamilton, Kurtzon & Schlifke, Harvey M. Grossman (argued), Jane M. Whicher, Alan K. Chen, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Diane C. Geraghty, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for David K. Nelson.

James P. Chapman (argued), Chapman & Associates, Lewis Myers, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Allan Streeter and Dorothy Tillman.

Lawrence E. Rosenthal, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Mardell Nereim, Benna R. Solomon, Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago, amicus curiae.

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

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, died suddenly of a heart attack in November 1987, shortly after being reelected. He had become a revered figure to the black community of Chicago—so much so that shortly after his death a poster went on sale in which a smiling Harold Washington is shown in the company of Jesus Christ floating above the Chicago skyline; the poster is captioned "Worry Ye Not." David Nelson, a student at the...

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