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BURDEN-MEEKS v. WELCH

No. 02-2460.

319 F.3d 897 (2003)

Dorothy Jean BURDEN-MEEKS and Sheryl Perez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dwight WELCH and City of Country Club Hills, Defendants. Appeal of: Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Karsh, Shilpa S. Satoskar (argued), Gessler Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Richard T. Ryan, Ryan, Smolens & Jones, Russell W. Hartigan, Hartigan & Cuisinier, Chicago, IL, for defendants.

Larry J. Chilton (argued), Chilton, Yambert & Porter, Chicago, IL, for appellant.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs used to be employees of Country Club Hills, a city in Illinois. They contend in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Mayor Dwight Welch fired them for political reasons, violating the first amendment as it has been understood since Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976). Resolution of that claim has been delayed by a dispute about access to a document prepared...

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