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EMBRY v. CITY OF CALUMET CITY, ILL.

No. 12-1649.

701 F.3d 231 (2012)

Jay EMBRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke A. Casson (argued), Attorney, Andreou & Casson, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Cary Alexander Horvath , Burton S. Odelson , Attorneys, Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park, IL, John B. Murphey (argued), Attorney, Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Donahue, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Jay Embry sued Calumet City, four city aldermen, and the city Director of Personnel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants demoted him from the position of Commissioner of Streets and Alleys as retaliation for his support of the mayor during a recent city election. Applying the Elrod-Branti line of political-patronage cases, the district court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment after concluding that the commissioner...

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