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SHAKMAN v. PRITZKER

No. 21-1739.

43 F.4th 723 (2022)

Michael L. SHAKMAN and Paul M. Lurie, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J.B. PRITZKER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Feldman , Michael L. Shakman , Mary Eileen Cunniff , Attorneys, Miller, Shakman Levine & Feldman LLP, Chicago, IL, Brian I. Hays , Attorney, Hugh S. Balsamm , Ernesto R. Palomo , Attorney, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Alex Hemmer , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Easterbrook and Scudder, Circuit Judges.

In 1972 a federal district court entered the first of many consent decrees preventing the Governor of Illinois and units of local government from conditioning employment decisions on political patronage. And so were born the Shakman decrees. The Governor remains subject to the original...

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