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Two white bicycles mark the spot on U.S. 521 in Indian Land where avid cyclists Thomas Hoskins and Lee Anne Barry were hit by a car on Oct. 21, 2007.
Hoskins, 49, died on the side of the highway. Barry, 43, died four hours later at a Charlotte hospital.
On Thursday, the woman who hit them, Lancaster native Sharon Snipes King, 37, now of Greensboro, N.C., pleaded guilty in court to reckless driving in their deaths.
Judge Brooks Goldsmith sentenced her to a $200 fine, which she must pay by Monday or go to jail for 30 days.
The fourth-ranked Lancaster Bruins finished strong to firmly hold its top spot in Region IV-AAAA basketball play.
The Bruins, who jumped four slots in the Class AAAA state rankings, outscored the host Vikings 21-9 in the final eight minutes to cap a 78-57 win over Spring Valley on Tuesday night.
Senior guard Xavier Holloway, one of three LHS players in double figures, hit 25 points, which included seven treys.
Holloway netted three treys in the pivotal final period.
INDIAN LAND – Two months ago, Mike McClain wasn't sure where his family was going to live.
McClain, 55, had just lost his small drywall and construction business due to the poor economy and his family was now relying solely on his wife Shirley's job at the Waxhaw post office.
Lancaster County Council gave first approval on Monday to an ordinance that would halt tobacco use on county property.
The measure would bring county codes in line with the state's Clean Indoor Air Act.
If approved, the amendment would ban smoking, and possibly other types of tobacco use, in county buildings and vehicles.
County Administrator Steve Willis said this would not include public establishments not owned by the county.
The Lancaster Police Department is looking for a 20-year-old man who it suspects in the shooting death of a Lancaster man at a local nightclub early Saturday morning.
Warrants have been issued charging Demarcus Lewis Davis with murder, assault and battery with intent to kill and two counts of possession of a gun during the commission of a violent crime.
Buford's Zach Wright and Johntrell Caudle each posted pivotal pins to power the Jackets to a 40-30 road win over Central of Pageland on Wednesday night.
Central held a 30-28 lead, but Wright and Caudle delivered clutch pins to lift the Jackets to the 10-point win over Eagles.
BHS built an early 15-6 edge, but the Eagles rallied to take a pair of two-point leads, the last at 30-28, before Jackets late wins sealed the comeback victory.
A 77-year-old woman told sheriff's deputies that a man came into her home and robbed her at gunpoint Tuesday.
According to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report, the woman said she was sitting at her computer at her Bennett Road home and heard someone pulling on the door.
She said a man came into the home, pointed a silver object she believed was a gun and asked, "Do you know what this is?" the report said.
Former Carolina Panthers safety Mike Minter joked about his height during his speech at a scholarship breakfast Monday morning.
Minter said he saw some of the teenagers looking him up and down as he walked into the Fairway Room at the Lancaster Golf Club for the ninth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Scholarship Breakfast. The breakfast is sponsored by Faith, Hope and Victory Christian Church.
"They were sizing me up," Minter said with a grin. 'I could take him.' I saw you. Don't try it."
Plans are under way to begin reinforcing the runway at the Lancaster County Airport this spring.
Andy Busbee, engineer with the county's airport engineering firm LPA Engineering, said the airport should begin its concrete overlay project in mid-March. The project will replace the top portion of the asphalt runway with 7.5 inches of concrete.
Busbee expects the work will take 48 construction days, or about six to eight weeks, though his firm is working with the contractor to speed up the process.
A Kershaw man facing an aggravated assault charge picked up another charge while in court last week.
Cash Pierre Young, 20, of 5206 Sandy Lane, was charged by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office with intimidation of a witness on Jan. 28.
According to an incident report, Young was in the courtroom at the Lancaster County Temporary Court Facility awaiting his aggravated assault case to be heard. Witnesses and their family members were also in the courtroom.
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August 5, 1983
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, APPELLEEv.CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN ESTATE NISKY, NO. 6 SOUTHSIDE QUARTER, CONSISTING OF 1.189 ACRES MORE OR LESS IN ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, JOHN JOSEPH, ET AL., ESTATE OF OZIAS PARROTT AND ALL THE NAMED DEFENDANTS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN PARCEL NO. 8 OF ESTATE NISKY, APPELLANTS
Gibbons, Sloviter, and Becker, Circuit Judges.
Opinion OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether an individual who succeeds to real property by intestacy may participate in condemnation proceedings brought against that property before he has formally been adjudicated an heir. The district court held that participation by such a person is foreclosed and therefore precluded appellant from contesting the Government of the Virgin Islands' estimate of the value of the condemned property. We disagree, and we therefore will vacate and remand for further proceedings.
In early 1980, the Government of the Virgin Islands (the "Government") instituted proceedings to condemn a number of parcels of land in Estate Nisky, St. Thomas. The record titleholder of two of the parcels was the recently deceased Ozias Parrott; the Government's petition therefore named as respondents the estate of Ozias Parrott and six of his twelve children.
The Government attempted to effect service on all respondents by serving Roy Parrott (the "appellant"), who is one of the children named as respondents*fn1 and also a member of the Virgin Islands Bar Association, but appellant refused to accept service, stating that he was not authorized to do so "in this action for any of the named respondents." (Emphasis added.) Thereafter, neither appellant nor any of the other respondents ever filed an answer or entered an appearance in response to the Government's petition.*fn2
Despite the lack of official response by appellants,*fn3 the district court appointed three Commissioners to value the land,*fn4 and the Commissioners notified all Parrott children by mail that the first meeting of interested parties and attorneys would be held on April 16, 1981. The notice stated that "each party will be required to produce evidence in support of what it believes to be just compensation." Only appellant showed up at the appointed time; however, he did not formally enter an appearance, either on his own behalf or as counsel for his siblings. Accordingly, the Government objected to appellant's participation in the proceedings, but the Commissioners nevertheless decided to hear him as an "amicus curiae." When they again convened on July 1, 1981, for the express purpose of accepting evidence on the value of each of the condemned parcels, however, the Commissioners granted (over appellant's objection) what they termed the Government's "ex parte motion" to accept the Government's estimate of the value of the Parrott property without the participation of any of parties named in the published notices.
Having been denied the opportunity to participate in the hearing on just compensation, appellant moved the district court to discharge the Commission or to issue an order to show cause why the Commissioners had not exceeded their authority in denying appellant the opportunity to present evidence of the value of the condemned property.*fn5 The Court ruled that appellant had no standing to make the motion and denied the requested relief, explaining that appellant could not participate in the hearing unless he appeared as the legal representative of the estate, as an adjudicated heir of Ozias Parrott, or as an attorney for any other adjudicated heir. Appellant could pretend to none of these roles;*fn6 he now appeals from the district court's refusal to allow him to participate.
The Government initially contends that we must dismiss this appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction because the district court never entered a final order, see 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976) (amended 1982). Specifically, the Government notes that the Commission has not issued a final report on just compensation, in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 71A(h) and 53(e)(2); nor has the district court taken any action "to adopt, modify, reject, recommit, or receive further evidence with respect to" any such report. Hence, the Government asserts, the district court's denial of appellant's motion for an order to show cause or to discharge the Commission is an unappealable interlocutory order in an as yet uncompleted proceeding to condemn a whole series of lands in addition to the Parrott parcels.
We recognize that the underlying litigation is not over, but we do not agree that the district court's denial of appellant's motion is unreviewable at this juncture. Although appellant styled his motion as one principally seeking to discharge the Commissioners, his grievance essentially was that the Commissioners had refused to allow him to intervene in proceedings in which he claimed to have a right to participate. Indeed, appellant argued as much to the district court:
It is my understanding of the law that upon the death of the property owner, title to the land vested in the distributees, and it appears to me that was the theory upon which I was made a party defendant to this cause of action, as a party with a vested interest in the subject property, and as such, it would seem to me I have the right to represent my own right.
(Emphasis added.) The district court's denial of appellant's motion therefore was tantamount to a denial of a motion to intervene as of right, and it is well established that such a denial is an appealable final order, Philadelphia Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 308 F.2d 856, 859 (3d Cir. 1962), cert. denied, 372 U.S. 936, 9 L. Ed. 2d 767, 83 S. Ct. 883 (1963); accord County of Fresno v. Andrus, 622 F.2d 436, 438 (9th Cir. 1980); Hines v. D'Artois, 531 F.2d 726, 737-38 (5th Cir. 1976).
Having concluded that we have jurisdiction to entertain this appeal, we now turn to the question whether the Commission should have allowed appellant to present evidence regarding the value of the parcels in which he claimed an interest. The court reasoned that appellant had no standing to participate in valuation proceedings unless he appeared as an adjudicated heir, as attorney for an adjudicated heir, or as legal representative of the estate; appellant did not fit within any of these categories.*fn7 We disagree with the court's analysis because we find it to be at odds both with the language and purpose of Rule 71A and with Virgin Islands law.
First, it is clear that Rule 71A, which outlines the procedures for actions in which the Government is exercising its eminent-domain power,*fn8 gives appellant the right to participate in the valuation proceedings even if his status is only that of a putative heir. In particular, the Rule provides that the Government shall name as defendants all persons "having or claiming an interest in the property whose names are then known." Fed. R. Civ. P. 71A(c)(2) (emphasis added). Moreover, the Rule requires that, "prior to any hearing involving the compensation to be paid for a piece of property, the plaintiff shall add as defendants all persons having or claiming an interest in that property. . . ." Id. Finally, the Rule specifically allows any defendant, whether or not he has previously answered or appeared, to "present evidence as to the amount of the compensation to be paid for his property. . . ." Fed. R. Civ. P. 71A(e).*fn9
In addition, as the Government conceded at oral argument, Virgin Islands law provides that heirs-at-law succeed to real property of an intestate by operation of law, without the necessity of a formal administration of the estate.*fn10 Indeed, by naming appellant as a defendant, the Government implicitly acknowledged that the child of an intestate claims an interest in the decedent's property sufficient to warrant participation in condemnation proceedings. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 71A(c)(2).
It thus appears that the district court erred in holding that the unadministered status of the estate of Ozias Parrott precluded appellant's participation in this hearing to determine just compensation.*fn11 Indeed, a contrary result would be manifestly unjust, for those who have the greatest stake in a determination of the property's value would be barred from protecting their interest by the mere fortuity that the condemnation coincided with an intestate succession. The drafters of the Rule could not have contemplated such a result, and neither can we.
The judgment of the district court will be vacated and the case remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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Peace Education and the Development of Teaching Materials for Peace and Justice in Ireland. Paul Rogers, Maura Ward and The Project "Preparedness for Peace."
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Malmo School of Education.
A combined interview with two educators active in peace education in Ireland, North and South, is presented in this document. Maura Ward and Paul Rogers work within the Joint Peace Education Programme of the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace and the Irish Council of Churches. In the interview, Ward and Rogers each discuss their experiences, both in training sessions for teaching staff on peace education and in the development of teaching materials on peace and justice for use in primary and post-primary schools. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Student Educational Objectives, Teaching Experience, Values Education
Department of Education and Psychological Research, Malmo School of Education, Box 23501, S-20045 Malmo, Sweden.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Lund Univ. (Sweden). Malmo School of Education.
Identifiers: Ireland; Northern Ireland; Peace Education
Note: Interview reprinted from "Peace, Environment and Education," v2 n1 p47-55 1991.


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June 15, 2010
STEVEN WHITLOW, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS,v.TIMOTHY MARTIN, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Timothy Martin, Scott Doubet, and Michael Stout's Motion for Summary Judgment (d/e 271) (Motion). The Plaintiffs are sixteen former employees of the Illinois Department of Transportation (Department or IDOT), Steve Whitlow, Bruce Carmitchel, Lori Coonen, Melanie Dennison, Sharmin Doering, Jileen Eisele, Janice Gower, Stuart Hunt II, Brad Jones, Catherine Kennedy, Barbara Mabie, Adil Rahman, Anthony Saputo, Cathy Scaife, Don Williams, and Jason Yoakum.*fn1 The Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants violated the Plaintiffs' First Amendment rights by laying off the Plaintiffs from the Department because the Plaintiffs are Republicans. The Defendants deny this claim and now seek summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is denied. Issues of fact exist regarding whether the Defendants laid off the Plaintiffs from the Department because of the Plaintiffs' political affiliation.
Political affiliation generally is not a proper basis for state employment decisions. Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62, 65-66 (1990). However, political affiliation may be an appropriate consideration for certain positions that involve either policy making or access to confidential information because people in those positions could affect the ability of elected officials to carry out the mandate given by the electorate. Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 517 (1980); Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 367-68 (1976). For most jobs, however, political affiliation is not a constitutionally permissible consideration for employment decisions. Rutan, 497 U.S. at 75.
At summary judgment, the Defendants must present evidence that demonstrates the absence of a genuine issue of material fact. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323-24 (1986). The Court must consider the evidence presented in the light most favorable to the Plaintiffs. Any doubt as to the existence of a genuine issue for trial must be resolved against the Defendants. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986). Once the Defendants have met their burden, each Plaintiff must present evidence to show that issues of fact remain with respect to an issue essential to his or her case, and on which he or she will bear the burden of proof at trial. Celotex Corp., 477 U.S. at 322; Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586 (1986).
To make out a prima facie case, the Plaintiffs must present evidence that they engaged in constitutionally protected activity and that the protected activity was the reason for the Defendants' conduct. Hall v. Babb, 389 F.3d 758 (7th Cir. 2004).*fn2 If the Plaintiffs can establish these two elements, the Defendants must present evidence of a legitimate, non-political reason for the employment decision. Id. If Defendants present such evidence, the Plaintiffs must present evidence that the stated reason is a pretext, that is a lie, and that political affiliation was the reason for the for the action. A plaintiff may meet this ultimate burden by presenting evidence of a prima facie case plus evidence of pretext. Massey v. Johnson, 457 F.3d 711, 717 (7th Cir. 2006).
After the Rutan decision in 1990, the State of Illinois categorized state jobs as either "Rutan covered" or "Rutan exempt." See Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (d/e 292) (Response), Exhibit 12, Deposition of Ellen Schanzle-Haskins, at 265-66. The positions for which political affiliation could not be considered in making employment decisions were categorized as Rutan covered positions. The policy making and confidential positions for which political affiliation could be used in making employment decisions were categorized as Rutan exempt positions.
During the end of Republican Governor George Ryan's administration in the summer and fall of 2002, some state employees in Rutan exempt positions accepted voluntary reductions to Rutan covered positions. Plaintiffs Carmitchel, Gower, Hunt, Saputo, Mabie, and Kennedy all accepted voluntary reductions in 2002 from Rutan exempt to Rutan covered positions within the Department. Motion, Exhibit 105, Affidavit of Robert Anderson, ¶¶ 11-17. Each of them, except Hunt, maintained the same salary in the new position. Id.
Democrat Rod Blagojevich became Governor of Illinois in January 2003. Governor Blagojevich named Defendant Martin as Secretary of the Department. On February 21, 2003, Martin was flying on a state plane with a person named Louanner Peters. Robert Bensko was also on the flight. Bensko states that he overheard Martin tell Peters, "I can't wait to fire every fucking Republican at IDOT." Response, Exhibit 2, Affidavit of Robert Bensko.
In March 2003, Doubet went to work in the Governor's Office as a Legislative Liaison. Motion, Attached Exhibits (d/e 278, 279, 280, 281) (Motion), Exhibit 3, Deposition of Scott Doubet taken September 4, 2008 (First Doubet Deposition), at 6-7. Laura Norton also worked in the Governor's Office. Norton was the liaison for personnel matters between the Governor's Office, Central Management Services (CMS), and state agencies. Response, Exhibit 6, Deposition of Laura Norton taken July 22, 2009 (First Norton Deposition), at 17.*fn3 According to Norton, Doubet kept a data base of voting records of state employees. First Norton Deposition, at 75.*fn4 Norton also testified in her deposition that Doubet stated repeatedly that he wanted to fire Republicans. First Norton Deposition, at 70. In February 2004, Doubet transferred to the Department as the Bureau Chief of the Department's Personnel Management Bureau (Personnel Bureau). First Doubet Deposition, at 6.
In February 2003, Stout started working for the Department on a contract basis. On June 16, 2003, Stout became Deputy Director of Finance and Administration for the Department. Motion, Exhibit 47, Affidavit of Michael Stout, ¶ 3. Stout investigated employees, such as Plaintiffs Carmitchel, Gower, Hunt, Saputo, Mabie, and Kennedy, who took voluntary reductions from Rutan exempt jobs to Rutan covered jobs.
Motion, Exhibit 2, Deposition of Michael Stout, at 8, 16, 24-25, 45-48. Stout concluded that the voluntary reductions did not violate any personnel rule or policy. Id., at 48.
In early 2004, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed the Department to reduce its number of employees, or "headcount", by approximately 200 people. Stout Affidavit, ¶¶ 4, 22. Doubet and Stout were in charge of developing a plan to accomplish the reduction in headcount. Doubet and Stout reported to Secretary Martin through Robert Millette, the Department's Director of Finance and Administration. Motion, Exhibit 44, Affidavit of Timothy Martin, ¶ 9. The process was called a Material Reorganization. The term seems to have come from collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). The CBAs allowed the Department to eliminate union positions if the Department underwent a material reorganization. Motion, Exhibit 109, Deposition of Leo Carroll, at 111. According to Defendants, Doubet and Stout contacted several leaders of organizational units within the Department to secure recommendations for positions to eliminate. Motion, Exhibit 45, Affidavit of Robert Millette, ¶ 12; Martin Affidavit, ¶ 11.
In March or April 2004, Department employee Tom Kelso claims to have walked into Doubet's office while Stout and Doubet were talking. Kelso was hired by the Department in March 2003, after Blagojevich became Governor. Reply, Exhibit 9, Deposition of Tom Kelso, at 6. Kelso was a staff assistant for special projects in March 2004. In April 2004, Kelso became the Bureau Chief for Safety Data in the Division of Traffic Safety. Id., at 5-6. According to Kelso, Stout and Doubet stopped talking and looked at Kelso when he came in. Doubet said something to the effect of, "It's ok. He's cool." Response, Exhibit 8, Affidavit of Tom Kelso, ¶ 12(a). Doubet had in his hand a piece of paper with something printed on it. Doubet printed off another copy and handed it to Kelso. The paper consisted of a list of names. Kelso recognized the list as a list of holdover Department employees from the previous Republican administrations. Doubet said words to the effect of, "Did we get all of them?" Kelso understood Doubet to mean all of the Republican holdover employees. Before and after that conversation, Doubet regularly referred to employees as "r's" or "them" or "those people", based on the employee's political affiliation. Kelso Affidavit, ¶ 12(b)-(12(f).*fn5 The Defendants deny that this meeting happened, and deny the existence of any such list. Motion, Exhibit 125, Doubet Deposition taken June 25, 2009 (Second Doubet Deposition), at 43-44.
On May 20, 2004, Karin Smith, the Operations and Classifications Manager within the Personnel Bureau, attended two meetings about the Material Reorganization. In the morning, she attended a meeting with Doubet and her immediate supervisor Brian Piersma. In the afternoon, she attended a meeting with Stout and Piersma. Smith took a page of notes at those meetings. The notes stated:
5.20.04 am Scott Doubet, Brian Piersma, Karin * Add'tl names to add to the lay off plan. * Dick Smith, OPP, won't provide names so this list created * Aero came up w/ top list. 2nd list from Scott
"Here are the names he (Steve Long) gave us. Here are the names we want."
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5.20.04 pm
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"Some are for political reasons. Some aren't."
Kelso stated in the Affidavit that he had denied any knowledge of the list or the conversation with Doubet and Stout because of fear of retaliation. Kelso Affidavit, ¶¶ 13-16.
Response, Exhibit 1, Karin Smith Notes. The term "Aero" referred to the Division of Aeronautics, and the term "OPP" referred to the Office of Planning and Programming. Motion, Exhibit 53, April 19, 2006 Deposition of Karin Smith (First Smith Deposition), at 103-07; Exhibit 65, August 11, 2009 Deposition of Karin Smith (Second Smith Deposition), at 61-63, 91-92. According to Smith, the list referenced in the afternoon meeting was a revision of the handwritten lists discussed in the morning meeting. The lists concerned employees to be affected by the Material Reorganization who were in the Division of Aeronautics and the Office of Planning and Programming. Plaintiff Dennison worked in the Office of Planning and Programming; no Plaintiff worked in the Division of Aeronautics.
Stout does not remember making the statement in the afternoon meeting that, "Some are for political reasons. Some aren't." Stout Deposition, at 193. Stout, however, does not doubt the accuracy of Smith's notes. Id. Stout stated that he must have been referring to employees on these lists who were in Rutan exempt positions. Stout Deposition, at 193-94. According to Smith, the lists discussed at the May 20, 2004, meetings included Rutan covered and Rutan exempt employees. First Smith Deposition, at 103-07; Second Smith Deposition, at 61-63, 87 -91.
The Department completed the reduction in headcount before the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1, 2004. Motion, Exhibit 1, Deposition of Timothy Martin (Martin Deposition), at 75. The layoff notices to the affected people went out on or about May 24, 2010. The notice to each Plaintiff stated, in part:
Your position of [position title] is targeted for abolishment. The Department has no vacancies to offer you at this time. Therefore, it is with regret that I inform you that you will be laid off . . . effective close of business June 30, 2004.
E.g., Motion, Exhibit 50, Notice to Lori Coonen, Exhibit 54, Notice to Melanie Dennison. The notices, as quoted above, stated that the Department had no vacancies to which the Plaintiffs could apply. Others affected by the Material Reorganization, however, were transferred to other jobs within the Department or elsewhere in state government. Response, Statements of Additional Material Facts, ¶¶ 211-17.*fn6
The Material Reorganization resulted in a reduction of 166 positions in the Department as of June 30, 2004. Stout Affidavit, ¶ 22. Of the 166 positions, 104 were vacant positions that were abolished. Forty-seven employees were laid off from the remaining positions that were abolished.
Id. The Plaintiffs were among the 47 employees who were laid off. The Plaintiffs were all working in Rutan covered positions when they were laid off. Martin made the final decision on the positions that would be abolished in the Material Reorganization. Martin Affidavit, ¶ 13. The Defendants, however, admit that each of them was personally involved in the termination of the Plaintiffs' employment with the Department. Answer (d/e 14), ¶ 12. Stout, Doubet, and Martin deny that they knew the political affiliation of any of the Plaintiffs, except Jones and Scaife. Martin Affidavit, ¶ 28; Motion, Exhibit 103, Affidavit of Scott Doubet (Doubet Affidavit), ¶ 5, Stout Affidavit, ¶ 25.
Leo Carroll, the Recording Secretary and Executive Assistant of Teamsters Union Local 916, filed a grievance on behalf of the union members affected by the Material Reorganization. Motion, Exhibit 35, Affidavit of Leo Carroll (Carroll Affidavit). In the course of the grievance process, Carroll states that he had a telephone conversation with Stout. It is unclear when the telephone conversation happened. Carroll states that the call occurred between September 2004 and early 2005. Motion, Exhibit 109, Deposition of Leo Carroll, at 41, 101. Carroll states that he asked Stout why these employees were laid off. According to Carroll, "He replied that 'these people were political hacks' and also referred to the terminated employees as 'clout people.'" Carroll Affidavit, ¶ 8. Stout denies that this conversation ever happened.*fn7 Stout Affidavit, ¶ 36.
The evidence establishes the Plaintiffs' prima facie case when viewed in the light most favorably to them. For purposes of summary judgment, the Defendants do not dispute that every Plaintiff worked in a position for which political affiliation was not an appropriate consideration for employment decisions. All of the Plaintiffs engaged in protected activity by participating in the political process as members of the Republican Party. Martin, Stout and Doubet were personally involved in the decision to terminate the Plaintiffs' employment with the Department, although Martin made the final decision. According to the Plaintiffs, Doubet kept a data base of voting records of state employees, and so, had a record of state employees who voted in the Republican primaries. Martin and Doubet stated at various points in time that they wanted to fire Republicans in state government. In March or April 2004, Stout and Doubet showed Kelso a list of holdover employees from prior Republican administrations and asked, "Did we get all of them?" Doubet referred to employees as "r's", "them", and "those people" based on their political affiliation. At the May 20, 2004, meeting, Stout stated that some of the planned lay-offs were political. Within a matter of days, all of the Plaintiffs were laid off. The Plaintiffs were treated worse than other laid-off employees because they were denied the opportunity to seek employment elsewhere in the Department. Some other laid-off employees were offered other jobs in the Department or elsewhere in state government. Later, Stout told Carroll that they used the Material Reorganization to lay off "political hacks" and "clout people." This evidence, when read favorably to the Plaintiffs, indicates that the Defendants opportunistically used the OMB directive as a pretext to fire Republican "political hacks" and "clout people." This evidence is controverted and subject to serious questions of credibility. Any weakness in the evidence, however, is for a jury to evaluate. The evidence creates an issue of fact with respect to the Plaintiffs' prima facie case.
Next, the Defendants have presented evidence of a legitimate, non-political reason for the layoffs. The layoffs were part of the Material Reorganization designed to meet the directive from OMB to reduce headcount. The Material Reorganization, in fact, reduced headcount in the Department. The Defendants, further, state that they did not use political affiliation as a factor is choosing the positions to abolish. The Defendants, therefore, met their burden of showing the existence of a legitimate, non-political reason for the payoff.
The Plaintiffs, however, have presented evidence of pretext. Stout and Doubet handed Kelso the list of holdover employees and asked, "Did we get all of them?" Stout stated on May 20, 2004, that some of the firings were political. Stout told Carroll that they used the Material Reorganization to lay off "political hacks" and "clout people." The Defendants argue that this evidence is insufficient to establish pretext. However, this evidence, when read favorably to the Plaintiffs, indicates that the Defendants used the OMB directive to reduce headcount as a pretext to accomplish their political goal to fire Republicans. The Defendants fired the Republicans and told them they need not apply for work elsewhere in the Department. This evidence creates an issue of fact. The Plaintiffs are entitled to proceed to trial.
The Defendants argue that they never knew the political affiliation of any Plaintiff except Plaintiffs Bradley and Scaife.*fn8 The Plaintiffs' evidence, however, indicates that Doubet kept a data base of state employee voting records. This evidence supports the inference that he knew the political affiliation of state employees based on whether the employees voted in the Democratic or Republican primaries. Kelso's Affidavit supports the inference that Doubet referred to Republicans at the Department as "r's", "them", and "those people". This evidence supports the inference that Doubet knew the identity of the Republicans at the Department. Doubet worked with both Stout and Martin to identify the state employees who would lose their jobs in the Material Reorganization. Martin also declared his desire to fire every Republican in the Department. Stout told Carroll that they laid off "political hacks" and "clout people" in the Material Reorganization. This evidence, if believed, would support the inference that Doubet shared his information regarding the political affiliation of state employees. The evidence, at least, creates an issue of fact.
The Defendants argue that the Plaintiffs failed to prove causation. Again, the Court disagrees. The Affidavits of Kelso and Carroll, if believed, shows that the Defendants used the Material Organization to "get all of them" (i.e., Republican employees) and lay off "political hacks" and "clout people". This evidence supports the conclusion that the Defendants picked out the employees to lay off and get rid of based on the employee's political affiliation. The evidence is sufficient to create an issue of fact on the question of causation.
The Defendants argue that Stout, at the May 20, 2004, meeting, was referring to employees in Rutan exempt positions when he said that some of the layoffs were political. The state categorized as Rutan exempts those policy making and confidential jobs for which the state determined that political considerations could be used in making employment decisions. The notes of the May 20, 2004, meeting are not very strong evidence for the Plaintiffs. The meeting concerned the Division of Aeronautics and the Office of Policy and Planning. Only one of the Plaintiffs worked in either of these units within the Department. The May 20, 2004, notes do not identify the positions to which Stout was referring when he said that some of the layoffs were political. The lists discussed at the meetings included both Rutan exempt and Rutan covered employees. Some individuals were, in fact, laid off from Rutan exempt positions in the Material Reorganization. At this point, the Court must read the evidence favorably to the Plaintiffs. When so read, the notes serve as corroboration of the statements that Defendants Doubet and Stout allegedly made to Kelso and Carroll.
The Defendants argue that the Court should not consider Kelso's Affidavit because Kelso's Affidavit contradicts his prior deposition testimony. Kelso was deposed in 2006. At that time, he denied seeing a list of employees and denied being in a meeting with Stout. Kelso Deposition, at 35-38. The Defendants argue that the Plaintiffs cannot use Kelso's Affidavit to contradict his earlier deposition testimony.
The Court has discretion to decide whether to consider an affidavit that contradicts prior testimony. Patterson v. Chicago Ass'n for Retarded Citizens, 150 F.3d 719, 723 (7th Cir. 1998). The Court must use caution in exercising its discretion to exclude affidavits because the Court should not weigh credibility at summary judgment. Bank of Illinois v . Allied Signal Safety Restraint Systems, 75 F.3d 1162, 1169-70 (7th Cir. 1996). The finder of fact should generally decide the credibility of a witness. A party who regrets something he says in a deposition, however, should not be able to manufacture a sham affidavit to contradict the deposition just to avoid summary judgment. Id. The Court, therefore, must determine whether Kelso's Affidavit constitutes a sham affidavit that should not be considered at summary judgment. Id., at 1173-74 (Cudahy, J., concurring).
In this case, Kelso's Affidavit is not a sham fabricated only to defeat summary judgment. Parties, or a person connected to a party, typically generate such sham affidavits to respond to a summary judgment motion, and assert only conclusory denials of statements that the affiant made in his or her deposition. See e.g., Id. (affidavit executed by parents of the minor plaintiff); Patterson, 150 F.3d at 723-24 (affidavit prepared by the plaintiff in response to a summary judgment motion). Kelso's Affidavit is quite different from these typical sham attempts to create an issue of fact. Kelso did not prepare his Affidavit in response to the Motion. Kelso executed his Affidavit on May 1, 2009, over eight months before the Defendants filed the Motion. Kelso had no personal interest in the outcome of the case, so he had no reason to create a sham affidavit. If anything, Kelso acted against his own interest by executing the Affidavit. Kelso worked for the Department in 2009 when he executed his Affidavit.*fn9 If the Plaintiffs prevail, the Department, through the Secretary, may be enjoined to re-hire the Plaintiffs. Kelso, thus, acted contrary to the interests of his employer by signing the Affidavit.
Kelso's Affidavit was not conclusory. Kelso described the alleged meeting with Doubet and Stout, and the alleged list. He also explained why he testified differently at his deposition. He explained his alleged efforts to rectify his lack of forthrightness at the deposition. This level of detail further indicates that the Affidavit is not a sham thrown together to avoid summary judgment. See Bank of Illinois, 75 F.3d at 1173-74 (Cudahy, J. concurring). Given these circumstances, the Court exercises its discretion and allows the Plaintiffs to use Kelso's Affidavit to oppose summary judgment. The Court is convinced that the jury should decide Kelso's credibility under these circumstances, not the Court.
The Defendants also complain that Kelso did not attach the claimed list of names to his Affidavit. The Plaintiffs also have not otherwise submitted the alleged list of names in evidence. The Court agrees that the list of names cannot be considered as evidence unless a properly authenticated copy is submitted. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). Even without the list, however, Kelso's Affidavit contains relevant evidence. Kelso's Affidavit contains Doubet's statement to Kelso, "Did we get all of them?", and Doubet's regular reference to employees as "r's" or "them" or "those people", based on the employee's political affiliation. Those statement are admissions of a party opponent and clearly admissible. Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2). The Court considers those statements in Kelso's Affidavit as the substantive evidence in opposition to the Motion. The Court considers Kelso's description of the purported list only for the limited purpose of explaining the context of Doubet's reference to getting all of "them". The Defendants are correct that the list itself is not in evidence.*fn10
The Defendants also complain about the Plaintiffs' use of the First Norton Deposition taken in an unrelated matter. The Defendants complain that they did not get the opportunity to cross examine Norton. The First Norton Deposition is properly before the Court. Norton's testimony was under oath. As such, the deposition is competent evidence to oppose a motion for summary judgment. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). The lack of cross examination is not determinative; affidavits are not subject to cross examination, but may be used to oppose summary judgment. Cf., Corley v. Rosewood Care Center, Inc., 142 F.3d 1041, 1052 (7th Cir. 1998) (taking sworn statements in front of a court reporter, but without the presence of opposing counsel, can be an appropriate method of gathering information during discovery). The Plaintiffs disclosed the First Norton Deposition in discovery. Reply, at 23. The Defendants subsequently deposed Norton in a related case. Id. The Plaintiffs, therefore, may use the First Norton Deposition to oppose summary judgment.
The Defendants argue that the Plaintiffs admit the Defendants' Statement of Undisputed Fact No. 228 (Paragraph 228) that the Defendants had no knowledge of a scheme from the Governor's Office to fire Republicans throughout state government and replace them with Democrats. The Plaintiffs did not deny Paragraph 228 and so, are deemed to have admitted the statements in Paragraph 228 for purposes of summary judgment. Local Rule 7.1(D)(2)(b)(6). The admission for purposes of summary judgment, however, is not determinative. The evidence discussed above, when viewed favorably to the Plaintiffs, supports the inference that the Defendants used the OMB directive as a pretext to fire Republicans. If so, the Defendants violated the Plaintiffs' First Amendment rights. Rutan, 497 U.S. at 65-66; Branti, 445 U.S. at 515-16; Elrod, 427 U.S. at 373. The Plaintiffs do not need to prove a government-wide scheme to establish a violation of their rights.
The Defendants also argue that they are entitled to qualified immunity. The Court disagrees. A defendant is entitled to qualified immunity to a § 1983 claim unless the plaintiff can show that the defendant: (1) violated the plaintiff's rights; and (2) controlling authority existed at the time that clearly established that the defendant's conduct violated the plaintiff's rights. Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, 201 (2001). As set forth above, the Plaintiffs have demonstrated that issues of fact exist regarding whether the Defendants laid off the Plaintiffs from their jobs with the Department on June 30, 2004, because the Plaintiffs were Republicans. By June 30, 2004, the Supreme Court had clearly established that firing a state employee because of his political affiliation violated the First Amendment. Rutan, 497 U.S. at 65-66; Branti, 445 U.S. at 515-16; Elrod, 427 U.S. at 373. The political affiliation of an employee could only be considered if the employee was in a policy making or confidential position for which political affiliation was an appropriate consideration. Branti, 445 U.S. at 517. The Defendants concede for purposes of the Motion that the Plaintiffs' jobs were not the type for which political affiliation was an appropriate consideration for employment decisions. The controlling authority of Rutan, Elrod and Branti, therefore, put the Defendants on notice that firing the Plaintiffs because they were Republicans violated the First Amendment. If the jury believes the Plaintiffs' version of the evidence, there is no qualified immunity. The Defendants are not entitled to summary judgment based on the qualified immunity defense.
Finally, the Defendants ask for partial summary judgment on the equitable claims of the Plaintiffs who took voluntary reductions in 2002 from Rutan exempt to Rutan covered positions. Defendants argue that these Plaintiffs come to the Court with unclean hands. See Precision Instrument Mfg. Co. v. Automotive Maintenance Machinery Co., 324 U.S. 806, 814 (1945) ("The guiding doctrine . . . is the equitable maxim that 'he who comes into equity must come with clean hands.'"). According to Defendants, these Plaintiffs used their political affiliations to get their Rutan exempt positions initially. When Governor Ryan's term was ending, they maneuvered themselves into Rutan covered positions to protect their jobs from the same political considerations that they used to secure state employment in the first place. The Defendants argue that this type of manipulation of the system is inequitable conduct that should preclude them from coming to the Court now to seek equitable relief.
The Defendants' evidence supports the inference that these Plaintiffs manipulated the system to their advantage. Defendant Stout, however, stated in his deposition that he investigated these voluntary reductions and concluded that they did not violate any personnel rule or policy. Assuming the Plaintiffs did not violate any rule, an issue of fact exists regarding whether these Plaintiffs did anything that would make them subject to the unclean hands doctrine. The request for partial summary judgment on this issue is also denied.
THEREFORE, Defendants Timothy Martin, Scott Doubet, and Michael Stout's Motion for Summary Judgment (d/e 271) is DENIED. Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Motion for Summary Judgment (d/e 285) is DENIED as moot.
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We continue with another great Fox Saturday Baseball betting affair this weekend, as the Chicago Cubs continue a four game set with the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Cubs' offense has done their part the past few days. The only question has been whether the defense and the pitching has been able to make those runs stand up against one of the best pitching staffs in the game. So far, a split is a great result for MLB betting fans, but at least one more win is necessary to ensure that this is a winning series. On Saturday, Matt Garza is going to try to shake off the dust of what has been a shaky season to try to rebound for his team. Chicago is only 3-7 in his 10 starts this season, and he is just 2-5 with a 4.07 ERA. Garza, the former Tampa Bay Rays standout, allowed four runs in four frames of work on June 6th, his only start since coming off of the DL from the middle of May. He has already allowed more unearned runs this year (7) than he did all of last season (5), and he has had just a third of the starts. His defense has been killing him, and issuing 23 walks over the course of his last nine starts isn't helping matters either.
After a rough start to the season, Cliff Lee might be getting his mojo back, and that's bad, bad news for the rest of baseball. Lee is only a .500 pitcher this season at 5-5, but he definitely looked sharp in his most recent effort against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The southpaw allowed seven hits and one walk in seven scoreless frames, striking out 10. Lee at home this year has been absolutely unhittable. Teams are only batting .259 against him, and he has a 2.34 ERA in 50.0 innings of work. Over his last four starts at Citizens Bank Ballpark, Lee has allowed just eight earned runs over a span of 39 innings. For the season, his walk total is way, way up with 20 (considering that he only had 18 all of last season), but he also already has 100 strikeouts. A 3.72 ERA isn't what you'd expect out of a man like this that just signed a bizarre contract, but things are definitely improving for Lee and the Phils.
Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies Pick: Yesterday, Roy Halladay was a man on a mission for Philadelphia, and he had a great game. Chicago scored its runs off of a much maligned Phillies bullpen, but in the end, we got a great price on a team that had a chance to win that game. We have the same opportunity at basically the same price on the MLB odds in this one, and we are going to take the fullest advantage of it. For your MLB picks, back the Cubs +175.