Michael Walsh v. David Heilmann and Village of Oak Lawn, Illinois

How courts have described this case

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• upholding dismissal of administrative hearing officer because he decided local vehicular, housing, and zoning matters on which “political careers may turn” and elected officials “may insist that the holders of the delegated power be reliable implementers” of their agendas
• “Many units of government delegate important decisions to middle management, and when they do this they may insist that the holders of the delegated power be reliable implementers of the elected officials’ platforms.” (emphasis added)
• “Neither the judge nor the hearing officer operates in a zone where decisions are mechanical. That’s why we held in Kurowski ... that politics is a permissible consideration for judicial positions (even those held for just a short time
• “Neither the judge nor the hearing officer operates in a zone where decisions are mechanical. That’s why we held in Kurowski … that politics is a permissible consideration for judicial positions (even those held for just a short time

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).