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VALENTINO v. VILLAGE OF SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS

No. 06-3882.

575 F.3d 664 (2009)

Sandra L. VALENTINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana L. Kurtz (argued), Kurtz Law Offices, LLC, Lockport, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Patrick J. Ruberry, Litchfield Cavo, Ellen K. Emery (argued), Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ROVNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

In 2001, nepotism was alive and well in the Village of South Chicago Heights. Its small municipal government employed at least six members of its mayor's extended family, and several of his friends and campaign supporters. When Sandra Valentino allegedly discovered that the Village was paying several of these employees for hours that they did not actually work, she discussed the situation with the future head of Citizens Against Corruption...

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