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BROWN v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 11-1953.

661 F.3d 333 (2011)

Thomas BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF COOK, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana L. Kurtz (argued), Attorney, Kurtz Law Offices, Hinsdale, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James C. Pullos , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, Burton S. Odelson (argued), Attorney, Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Thomas Brown, a sergeant in the Cook County Sheriff's Office, was passed over for promotion to lieutenant. His suit, filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 primarily against the then-Sheriff, Democrat Michael F. Sheahan (the only defendant whom we need to discuss), charges that he was passed over because he's a Republican, didn't contribute to Sheahan's campaign fund in 1998, and voted for Sheahan's Republican opponent that year, and that by thus...

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