Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 474 U.S. 946 (1985). · Go Syfert
Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 474 U.S. 946 (1985). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
377 citation events (23 in the last 25 years) across 57 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Milazzo v. O'CONNELL (ilnd, 1996-04-26) · Strongest negative: Selch v. Letts (insd, 1992-06-03)
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discussed Cited "but see" Selch v. Letts (2×)
S.D. Ind. · 1992 · signal: but cf. · confidence high
But cf. Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.1985) (holding that the plaintiff was a policymaker because “[w]hile the ultimate goal of all sides might be the same, there [was] clearly room for principled disagreement in the development and implementation of plans to achieve that goal”), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
examined Cited as authority (quoted) Milazzo v. O'CONNELL (2×)
N.D. Ill. · 1996 · signal: see · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
elrod and branti require examination of the powers inherent in a given office, as opposed to the functions performed by a particular occupant of that office
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Underwood v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
unlike preemption under the nlra, the preemption of state law claims under the rla has been more complete
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Carr v. Fort Morgan School District
D. Colo. · 1998 · confidence medium
Front Pay/Instatement Issues In a Title VII 1 - case asserting violations of a plaintiffs civil rights, “reinstatement is the preferred remedy.” Jackson v. City of Albuquerque, 890 F.2d 225 , (10th Cir.1989), quoting E.E.O.C. v. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Ass’n, 763 F.2d 1166 (10th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106, S.Ct. 312, 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Starrett v. Wadley, 876 F.2d 808, 824 (10th Cir.1989); Spulak v. K Mart Corp., 894 F.2d 1150, 1157 (10th Cir.1990) (ADEA case); Anderson v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 861 F.2d 631, 637 (10th Cir.1989) (ADEA case); Lemons v. IC…
discussed Cited "see" Aquilino v. University of Kansas
D. Kan. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See id. (citing E.E.O.C. v. Prudential Federal Sav. efe Loan Ass’n, 763 F.2d 1166, 1172 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985)); Daneshvar, 40 F.Supp.2d at 1241 .
discussed Cited "see" Nasim v. Warden, Maryland House of Correction
4th Cir. · 1995 · signal: see · confidence high
See Peterson v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int’l, 759 F.2d 1161, 1164 (4th Cir.) (“It is well settled that the defense of limitations is waived unless asserted by way of answer or motion”), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985). .
examined Cited "see" Jeffrey L. Heideman v. Wayne Wirsing and Price County, Wisconsin (4×)
7th Cir. · 1993 · signal: accord · confidence high
“The test is whether the position held by the individual authorizes, either directly or indirectly, meaningful input into governmental decisionmaking on issues where there is room for principled disagreement on goals or their implementation.” Nekolny v. Painter, 653 F.2d 1164, 1170 (7th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 1021 , 102 S.Ct. 1719 , 72 L.Ed.2d 139 (1982); accord Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" Tom v. Sheahan (2×)
N.D. Ill. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" Patrick J. O'COnnOr v. Robert W. Steeves (2×)
1st Cir. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985) (cautioning against “unduly myopic view” of “the role of politics in the seemingly apolitical context of universal provision of services”).
discussed Cited "see" Cafritz Co. v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission
D.C. · 1992 · signal: accord · confidence high
Phillips Petroleum Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 253 U.S.App.D.C. 211, 215-216 , 792 F.2d 1165 , 1169-70 (1986) (no deference accorded agency’s erroneous interpretation of the applicability of a Supreme Court decision); Walker Operating Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 874 F.2d 1320 , 1332 (10th Cir.) (same; interpretation of state law), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 954 , 110 S.Ct. 365 , 107 L.Ed.2d 352 (1989); accord, Prill v. National Labor Relations Board, 244 U.S.App.D.C. 42, 48 , 755 F.2d 941, 947 , cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d…
discussed Cited "see" Rakestraw v. United Airlines, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See Peterson v. Air Line Pilots Ass’n, Int’l, 759 F.2d 1161, 1170-71 (4th Cir.) (where state claim of tortious interference with contract is “essentially identical to the duty of fair representation claim, ... the potential conflict between remedies and administration [of federal and state law] are too great to permit the state claims to stand”), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
examined Cited "see" Barbara Faughender v. City of North Olmsted, Ohio and M. Yvonne Petragic, Mayor of the City of North Olmsted (4×)
6th Cir. · 1991 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Jimenez-Fuentes v. Torres-Gaztambide, 807 F.2d 236 (1st Cir.1986) (en banc), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1014 , 107 S.Ct. 1888 , 95 L.Ed.2d 496 (1987); Brown v. Trench, 787 F.2d 167 (3d Cir.1986); Stott v. Haworth, 916 F.2d 134 (4th Cir.1990).
discussed Cited "see" Lohorn v. Michal (2×)
7th Cir. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
In sum, the ultimate inquiry is not whether the label "policymaker" or "confidential" fits a particular position; rather, the question is whether the hiring authority can demonstrate that party affiliation is an appropriate requirement for the effective performance of the public office involved. 31 Id. (emphasis supplied); see Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 639-40 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" Lohorn v. Michal (2×)
7th Cir. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
Id. (emphasis supplied); see Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 639-40 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. v. Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Peabody Coal Company v. Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Colowyo Coal Company v. Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior
D.C. Cir. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See Prill v. NLRB, 755 F.2d 941 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985) (agency action cannot be upheld if it was based on mistaken belief that it was compelled by statute) 14 This conclusion applies a fortiori to the one lease at issue for which the readjustment clause does not contain the word "reasonably." See supra note 1 15 In his brief, the Secretary states that for a lease readjustment to be timely, the BLM need only send a NIRL prior to the lease's anniversary date, and later transmit the proposed lease terms within the time specified in the NIRL.
discussed Cited "see" Western Fuels-Utah, Inc v. Lujan
D.C. Cir. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See Prill v. NLRB, 755 F.2d 941 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985) (agency action cannot be upheld if it was based on mistaken belief that it was compelled by statute). .
cited Cited "see" U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Illinois
N.D. Ill. · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally, EEOC v. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Ass’n., 763 F.2d 1166, 1169 (10th Cir.1985) cert. denied 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
cited Cited "see" Robert T. Ewing v. National Labor Relations Board, Herbert F. Darling, Inc., Intervenor
2d Cir. · 1988 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord Prill v. NLRB, 755 F.2d 941 (D.C.Cir.) (“Prill I”), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948 , 971, 106 S.Ct. 313 , 352, 88 L.Ed.2d 294 , 320 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" Savage v. Gorski (2×)
2d Cir. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See Tomczak v. Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 642 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Ecker v. Cohalan, 542 F.Supp. 896, 901-02 (E.D.N.Y.1982).
discussed Cited "see" Savage v. Gorski (2×)
2d Cir. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See Tomczak v. Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 642 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Ecker v. Cohalan, 542 F.Supp. 896, 901-02 (E.D.N.Y.1982).
discussed Cited "see" Erma Ray v. City of Leeds, and Jack Courson, Individually and in His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Leeds (2×)
11th Cir. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.) (finding that “an employee’s position is unprotected if, first, there is room for principled disagreement in the decisions reached by the employee and his superiors, and, second, he has meaningful direct or indirect input into the decisionmaking process”), ce rt. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); accord Jimenez Fuentes v. Torres Gaztambide, 807 F.2d 236, 241-42 (1st Cir.1986) (en banc), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 1888 , 95 L.Ed.2d 496 (1987).
examined Cited "see" Luis O. Juarbe-Angueira v. Luis Rafael Arias, Director of the Public Building Authority (4×)
1st Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946, 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" National Labor Relations Board v. Chelsea Laboratories, Inc.
2d Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Meyers Industries, Inc., 268 NLRB 493 , 497 (1984) (“In general, to find an employee’s activity to be ‘concerted,’ we shall require that it be engaged in with or on the authority of other employees.... ”), rev’d sub nom., Prill v. N.L.R.B., 755 F.2d 941 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985).
cited Cited "see" Bruce Gilchrist v. Jim Slemons Imports, Inc., and Jim Slemons
9th Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See EEOC v. Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Association, 763 F.2d 1166, 1174-75 (10th Cir.) (Prudential Federal) cert. denied, --- U.S. ---, 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
cited Cited "see" Walter J. Slaughter v. National Labor Relations Board, E.I. Dupont Denemours & Company, Intervenor
3rd Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Prill v. N.L.R.B., 755 F.2d 941, 942 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied sub nom., Meyers Industries v. Prill, — U.S. —, 106 S.Ct. 313, 352 , 188 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985).
discussed Cited "see" Reiss v. Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks
E.D. Pa. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Peterson v. Air Line Pilots Association, International, 759 F.2d 1161, 1168-71 (4th Cir.) (holding that Railway Labor Act preempts plaintiff’s state law claims), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Fields v. State (2×)
La. · 1998 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Allen v. City of Kinloch, 763 F.2d 335, 336-37 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985) wherein the Eighth Circuit noted that "where a random and unauthorized act by a state employee results in a tortious taking of private property, due process is satisfied if state tort law provides a meaningful post-deprivation remedy." CONCLUSION The judgment of the trial court is reversed.
cited Cited "see, e.g." Ortiz v. San Miguel County
D.N.M. · 1996 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 *1345 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985) (affirming Nekolny standard).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Waskovich v. Morgano (2×)
3rd Cir. · 1993 · signal: see also · confidence low
Id. at 343; see also Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.) (holding that Director First Deputy Commissioner of Chicago’s Water Department could be dismissed on the basis of his political affiliation and stating that “[e]lections often turn on the success or failure of the incumbent to provide [public] services”), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Waskovich v. Morgano (2×)
3rd Cir. · 1993 · signal: see also · confidence low
When elected, the commissioner has every reason to believe that the only way to fulfill these promises is to appoint a VSO with a similar ideology. 53 Id. at 343 ; see also Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 641 (7th Cir.) (holding that Director First Deputy Commissioner of Chicago's Water Department could be dismissed on the basis of his political affiliation and stating that "[e]lections often turn on the success or failure of the incumbent to provide [public] services"), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985). 54 Although the VSO in Pounds possessed substa…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Nellis v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n
E.D. Va. · 1992 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Peterson v. Air Line Pilots Ass’n, International, 759 F.2d 1161, 1169 (4th Cir.) (“The scheme of remedies and procedures carefully crafted in the RLA has long been interpreted as evidence of congressional intent significantly to limit an aggrieved employee’s right to resort to state law as an alternative remedy for a wrongful discharge_ Unlike preemption under the NLRA, the preemption of state law claims under the RLA has been more complete.”), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Gard Corp.
D. Kan. · 1992 · signal: see also · confidence low
Id.; see also EEOC v. Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n, 763 F.2d 1166, 1169 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985) (when employer rejected EEOC’s proposal and refused to offer serious counter-proposals, district court properly refused to dismiss action for alleged failure of EEOC to conciliate).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." John H. Lewis v. Federal Prison Industries, Inc., a Corporation Chartered Under the Laws of the United States (2×)
11th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also E.E.O.C. v. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Ass’n, 763 F.2d 1166, 1172 (10th Cir.1985), cert. den. 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Dickerson v.. Deluxe Check Printers, Inc., 703 F.2d 276, 281 (8th Cir.1983).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Norma J. Ware v. Unified School District No. 492
10th Cir. · 1989 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also EEOC v. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Association, 763 F.2d 1166 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Ware v. Unified School District No. 492
10th Cir. · 1989 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also EEOC v. Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Association, 763 F.2d 1166 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Gunther Graefenhain and Philip Miller, Cross-Appellees v. Pabst Brewing Company, Cross-Appellant
7th Cir. · 1989 · signal: see also · confidence low
Blum v. Witco Chemical Corp., 829 F.2d 367, 374 (3d Cir.1987) (citation and footnotes omitted); see also, EEOC v. Prudential Sav. & Loan Ass ’n, 763 F.2d 1166, 1173 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 946 , 106 S.Ct. 312 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Syvock v. Milwaukee Boiler Mfg.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Murtaugh v. City of Chicago (2×)
N.D. Ill. · 1987 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633, 635-36 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985). .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Luisa A. De Abadia v. Hon. Luis Izquierdo Mora (2×)
1st Cir. · 1986 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Tomczak v. City of Chicago, 765 F.2d 633 (7th Cir.) (party affiliation was an appropriate prerequisite for position of First Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Water for the City of Chicago), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 289 (1985); Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County, 722 F.2d 1307, 1310 (7th Cir.) (per curiam) (party affiliation was an appropriate prerequisite for position of Superintendent of Employment for the Chicago Park District), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 916 , 104 S.Ct. 279 , 78 L.Ed.2d 258 (1983); Mummau v. Ranck, 687 F.2d 9 (3d Cir.…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Phillips Petroleum Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
D.C. Cir. · 1986 · signal: see also · confidence low
Id. at 33,852. 10 FERC Order No. 391-A, Production Under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; Order Denying Rehearing and Clarifying Final Rule, 50 Fed.Reg. 14,374 (1985) [hereinafter cited as Order No. 391-A] 11 Id. at 14,378 12 Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 498-99 , 95 S.Ct. 2197, 2204-05 , 45 L.Ed.2d 243 (1975) (quoting Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 204 , 82 S.Ct. 691, 703 , 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962)) 13 467 U.S. 837 , 104 S.Ct. 2778 , 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984) 14 Id. at 845 , 104 S.Ct. at 2783 (quoting United States v. Shimer, 367 U.S. 374, 383 , 81 S.Ct. 1554, 1560 , 6 L.Ed.2d 908 (1961)) 15 Chemic…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
D.C. Cir. · 1986 · signal: see also · confidence low
Id. at 94 ; 63 S.Ct. at 462 ; see also Prill v. NLRB, 755 F.2d 941, 947-48 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 106 S.Ct. 313 , 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985); White v. United States Dep't of the Army, 720 F.2d 209, 210-11 (D.C.Cir.1983); Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Heckler, 712 F.2d 650, 666 (D.C.Cir.1983) (Bork, J., concurring in part, dissenting in part); Diplomat Lakewood Inc. v. Harris, 613 F.2d 1009, 1018-19 (D.C.Cir.1979). .
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Tomczak
v.
City of Chicago
No. 85-349.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Nov 4, 1985.
474 U.S. 946

C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.