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CARVER v. CONDIE

No. 97-2731.

169 F.3d 469 (1999)

Margaret M. CARVER and Randall S. Carmean, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Anthony M. CONDIE, Sheriff of LaSalle County, Illinois, Defendant. Appeal of: County of LaSalle

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven N. Fritzshall, Fritzshall & Gleason, Chicago, IL; Andrew W. Levenfeld (argued), Levenfeld & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Gary R. Garretson, Morris, IL, for Defendant.

William C. Barasha (argued), Kurnik, Cipolla & Barasha, Arlington Heights, IL, for Appellant.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a thorny question about the interaction between an Illinois sheriff and the county his department serves. In many ways, sheriffs in Illinois are independent political actors, but in one crucial way they are not. All funding for sheriffs' departments must come from appropriations by the county with which the department is associated. Here, Sheriff Anthony M. Condie of LaSalle County settled a lawsuit that had been brought...

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