Legal Opinion
Eyrle S. Hilton, IV v. City of Wheeling
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 20, 2000No. 99-3727PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Eyrie Stuart Hilton, IV sued the Village of Wheeling (a Chicago suburb) and members of its police force (plus two social workers employed by the Village) for in-junctive relief and damages, alleging violations of his constitutional rights to petition the government for redress of grievances and to enjoy the equal protection of the laws. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants.
For the last seven years Hilton and his neighbors in an apartment complex in a blue-collar district of Wheeling have been locked in a feud that began when…
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