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THOMPSON v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF PROF. REGULATION

No. 01-4074.

300 F.3d 750 (2002)

Mark E. THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Leonard A. Sherman, individually and as Director of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, Bob Dudycz, Walter Dudycz, and William Darr, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Stearney, Jr. (argued), Bellows & Bellows, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey D. Colman (argued), Jenner & Block, Thaddeus S. Gauza (argued), Mitchell B. Goldberg, Blau & Bonavich, Samuel J. Ruffolo, Baum, Ruffolo & Marzal, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before: FLAUM, Chief Judge, BAUER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This case deals with the long-running saga of political patronage hiring and firing in Illinois. See Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976) (plurality opinion); Rutan v. Republican Party of Ill., 497 U.S. 62, 110 S.Ct. 2729, 111 L.Ed.2d 52 (1990); O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. v. City of Northlake...

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