Legal Opinion
Michael Pitts and Charles Lawson v. City of Kankakee, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 18, 2001No. 00-3889PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Like the plaintiff in Albiero v. City of Kankakee, 246 F.3d 927 (7th Cir.2001), Michael Pitts and Charles Lawson brought a suit under the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the City of Kankakee’s placement of “slum” signs on certain properties. There, however, the similarity between these two cases ends. In Albiero, this court considered the merits of an equal protection challenge to the City’s actions labeling the plaintiff a “slum lord,” and affirmed a judgment for the City. Here the question is procedural: did these plaintiffs sue too…
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