View Summary
GARY VICKERY Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee
vs.
JANELL JONES WILLIAM PEARMAN and KIRK BROWN Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants and SALINE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE and WILLIAM ROBERTS Defendants-Appellees.
Click Here to Read the Full Case Summary
Issues:
Policy and procedure, public employee, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment.
Case Summary:
Gary Vickery appeals a lower court's ruling involving his suit against the Illinois Department of Transportation. Vickery filed suit against the department, claiming he had been denied employment due to his political affiliations. The department responded with a motion for summary judgment.
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
A district court ruled that the department's policy of using political affiliation as a criteria for employment was "unconstitutional." However, the court ruled in favor of the department on each of Vickery's claims for monetary, injunctive and declamatory relief. Vickery now appeals.
Outcome:
Vickey loses. The U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, affirmed the ruling of the district court.