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MILWAUKEE DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASS'N v. CLARKE

No. 08-1515.

588 F.3d 523 (2009)

MILWAUKEE DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, itself and on behalf of its members, Mark Zidek and Ilir Sino, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. David A. CLARKE, Jr., Edward Bailey and Milwaukee County, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Cermele (argued), Cermele & Associates, Milwaukee, WI, Linda S. Vanden Heuvel, Vanden Heuvel & Dineen, S.C., Germantown, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

James R. Scott (argued), Lindner & Marsack, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Louis R. Cohen, Wilmer Hale LLP, Washington, DC, for Americans United Separation of Church and State, Amicus Curiae.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

When the Milwaukee County Sheriff invited a religious group to speak at the Sheriff's department leadership conference, some officers took offense to the Christian-focused presentation. And when the Sheriff allowed the same group to speak at a number of mandatory employee meetings, the officers complained. When the presentations continued, two Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies, along with their union, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging...

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