· 8/13/2004
William Hudson and Bishop Pamon v. City of Chicago
Citations
- 374 F.3d 554
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- holding that officers must be given an opportunity to explain their sides of the story before being terminated to avoid mistakes
- holding that officers must be given an opportunity to explain their sides of the story before being terminated to avoid mistakes
- concluding that a collective bargaining agreement satisfied due process, even when union refused to initiate appellate procedures on plaintiffs' behalf, because the plaintiffs \could have sued the union\
- concluding that a collective bargaining agreement satisfied due process, even when union refused to initiate appellate procedures on plaintiffs’ behalf, because the 31 plaintiffs “could have sued the union”
- “[A] state cannot be held to have violated due process requirements when it has made procedural protection available and the plaintiff has simply refused to avail himself of them”
- \The loss of a job is an extremely significant deprivation.\
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Judges: Bauer, Easterbrook, Kanne
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