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HALL v. BABB

No. 03-3631.

389 F.3d 758 (2004)

Thomas HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve BABB, Brian Piersma, and Barbara Westell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia C. Benassi, argued, Benassi & Benassi, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Jimenez-Ekman, argued, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Thomas Hall has brought this suit on the basic premise (with which few would disagree in the abstract) that political patronage is not yet dead in Illinois. Hall was passed over for a new job within the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in 1999. He believed that his lack of success could be traced to the fact that the other applicant, while a fellow member of the Republican Party, was somehow a more zealous Republican than...

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