Medici v. City of Chicago

Plaintiffs-police officers’ appeal of Dist. Ct.’s order dismissing on merits their section 1983 action, alleging that defendant’s order directing police officers to cover their tattoos violated their 1^st Amendment rights, was moot. Subsequent to issuance of said Dist. Ct. order, police union filed grievance against defendant that resulted in arbitrator’s order that found that said tattoo order violated applicable collective bargaining agreement. As such, instant appeal was moot since plaintiffs had obtained all relief that they sought in instant lawsuit as result of grievance arbitration. Moreover, plaintiffs were entitled to have Dist. Ct. order vacated.