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WALSH v. WARD

No. 90-3250.

757 F.Supp. 959 (1991)

James WALSH, Plaintiff, v. Pat WARD and Thomas Oseland, each individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Department of Public Safety and Fire Chief, respectively of the City of Springfield, Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

March 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Baker, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff.

James K. Zerkle, Corp. Counsel, Gary S. Rapaport, Corp. Counsel, City of Springfield, Springfield, Ill., for defendants.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, ___ U.S. ___, 110 S.Ct. 2729, 111 L.Ed.2d 52 (1990), several prominent issues regarding retroactivity and qualified immunity necessarily have arisen.

This case, in part, involves such questions.

I. Facts

The Plaintiff, James Walsh, was hired by the City of Springfield as a firefighter in 1972 and...

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