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SHAKMAN v. CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY

No. 19-2772.

969 F.3d 810 (2020)

Michael L. SHAKMAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CLERK OF the CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, et al., Defendants, Appeal of: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 700.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Feldman , Michael L. Shakman , Attorneys, Miller, Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP, Chicago, IL, Brian I. Hays , Ernesto R. Palomo , Attorneys, Hugh S. Balsam , Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Michael L. Shakman.

John Lanahan, I , Law Office of John Lanahan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Noreen Lanahan.

Carl R. Draper , Attorney, Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Cox, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Kainon Murnan.

Edward W. Feldman , Attorney, Miller, Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP, Chicago, IL, Brian I. Hays , Attorney, Hugh S. Balsam , Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Paul M. Lurie, Kenneth Ayers.

Nicole L. Chaney , Attorney, Teamsters Local 700, Park Ridge, IL, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Scot Fowler , Attorney, Michael Anthony Kuczwara, Jr. , Attorney, Laner Muchin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Mona Lawton , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Labor & Employment Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Dorothy Brown.

Jeffrey Scot Fowler , Attorney, Michael Anthony Kuczwara, Jr. , Attorney, Laner Muchin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Myron F. Mackoff , Attorney, Richardson & Mackoff, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Matthew Bieszczat.

Tyrone C. Fahner , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey Scot Fowler , Attorney, Michael Anthony Kuczwara, Jr. , Attorney, Laner Muchin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant Richard M. Daley.

Jeffrey Scot Fowler , Attorney, Michael Anthony Kuczwara, Jr. , Attorney, Laner Muchin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Stephen H. Pugh , Attorney, Pugh, Jones & Johnson P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant Chicago City Council.

Jeffrey Scot Fowler , Attorney, Michael Anthony Kuczwara, Jr. , Attorney, Laner Muchin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Nadine J. Wichem , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant J.B. Pritzker.

Jeffrey Scot Fowler , Attorney, Michael Anthony Kuczwara, Jr. , Attorney, Laner Muchin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Dana L. Kurtz , Attorney, Kurtz Law Offices, Hinsdale, IL, for Defendant Edmund Michalowski.

Before Manion, Hamilton, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.

Many years ago, a class of plaintiffs sued the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, alleging that the Clerk was engaging in unlawful political patronage in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. In 1972, the Clerk and the plaintiffs entered into...

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