Legal Opinion
Charles Frier, Jr. v. City of Vandalia, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 1985No. 84-3113PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The City of Vandalia is fairly small (the population is less than 2500), and apparently its police have maintained informal ways. When Charles Frier parked one of his cars in a narrow street, which forced others to drive on someone else’s lawn to get around Frier’s car, the police left two notes at Frier’s house asking him to move the car. That did not work, so an officer called a local garage, which towed the car back to the garage. The officer left a note, addressed to “Charlie,” telling him where he could find the car. The officer did not issue a citation for…
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