Henry Hudson v. Edward M. Burke and the City of Chicago

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the district court did not commit clear error by ruling that “investigators” or “legislative aides” for the City of Chicago Finance Committee were (continued...
• holding that a position’s capacity for “potential obstruction of the duties of [a governmental entity — in that case the finance committee of the Chicago City Council] made political affiliation an appropriate consideration”
• “seemingly inconsequential [local] matters such as potholes and street lights ... can be important political issues”
• considering the job responsibilities of those who replaced the plaintiff investigators who were fired
• “Political affiliation was a primary reason [plaintiffs] were hired; all performed political work.”
• evidence regarding work performed by legislative investigators considered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).