Madison v. North Carolina

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• noting that while a preliminary injunction may be issued where employees are threatened with discharge for refusing to change their political affiliation, the appellees did not allege that degree of coercion
• noting political affiliation is \an appropriate requirement when there is a rational connection between shared ideology and job performance\
• reversing the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of employees including several confidential secretaries
• noting political affiliation is \an appropriate requirement when there is a rational connection between shared ideology and job performance\
• finding confidential position where plaintiff “acts on phone messages to the superintendent involving confidential matters such as personnel actions, labor relations, and legal actions, and may be responsible for compiling confidential reports.”
• “[P]olitical affiliation is an appropriate requirement when there is a rational connection between shared ideology and job performance.”

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