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ALLMAN v. SMITH

No. 14-1792.

764 F.3d 682 (2014)

Robin ALLMAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kevin SMITH, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Macey , Jeffrey A. Macey , Attorney, Macey Swanson & Allman, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Anthony W. Overholt , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, former employees of a city in Indiana, sued the mayor, and the city itself, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They claimed that the mayor had fired them because of their political affiliations and thus in violation of their First Amendment rights. The mayor riposted that political affiliation was a permissible qualification for their jobs. The district judge granted summary judgment in favor of the mayor with respect to nine of the...

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