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VETERANS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. SCHWARTZ

No. 02-2143.

330 F.3d 937 (2003)

VETERANS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Tom Foster, and Steven C. Terry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael S. SCHWARTZ, in his official capacity as Director of the Department of Central Management Services of the State of Illinois, individually and on behalf of all State agencies and political subdivisions of the State of Illinois, and Jesse White, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, individually and on behalf of all State agencies and all political subdivisions of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Tom Foster and Steven Terry, joined by the Veterans Legal Defense Fund ("VLDF"), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Illinois Secretary of State and the Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. The plaintiffs claim that their due process rights were violated when the defendants deprived them of their civil-service hiring preference, which they were entitled to as veterans of the armed services...

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