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SHAKMAN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 04-2105.

426 F.3d 925 (2005)

Michael L. SHAKMAN and Paul M. Lurie, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 24, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Maggio (argued), Roger R. Fross, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lawrence Rosenthal (argued), Kerrie Maloney Laytin, Office of the Corporation Counsel Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The City of Chicago ("City") filed a motion to vacate a consent decree entered in 1983 to settle political patronage litigation originally instituted in 1969. The district court denied the City's motion to vacate, and the City appealed. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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