HALLINAN v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE OF CHICAGO

No. 06-3602.

570 F.3d 811 (2009)

Shawn HALLINAN and Wayne Harej, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE OF CHICAGO LODGE NO. 7 and Fraternal Order of Police of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Geoghegan, Jorge Sanchez, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, John T. Moran, Jr., Moran & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joel A. D'Alba, Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D'Alba, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ROVNER, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

After being expelled from their labor union, Chicago police officers Shawn Hallinan and Wayne Haraj sued the union and its parent organization for violations of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court found that the plaintiff had failed to plead the state action necessary to maintain an action pursuant to § 1983 and, consequently, the court granted the unions' motion to...

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