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KOLMAN v. SHEAHAN

No. 93-2801.

31 F.3d 429 (1994)

Thomas KOLMAN, Thomas Codilis, Rick Pere, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael SHEAHAN, Sheriff of Cook County, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Piers (argued), Steven R. Verr, Jonathan A. Rothstein, Jennifer L. Fischer, Gessler, Flynn, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Karen Dimond, Susan C. Salita (argued), Office of the State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and GILBERT, District Judge.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

After Republican James O'Grady was elected Sheriff of Cook County, he appointed the plaintiffs, who were also Republicans, to desirable jobs in a new department. But when Democrat Michael Sheahan defeated O'Grady in his re-election bid in 1990, the plaintiffs were demoted or terminated. The plaintiffs sued Sheriff Sheahan, claiming he denied them their First Amendment right to support the Republican Party. They also claimed a property interest...

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