Legal Opinion
Horwitz-Matthews, Incorporated v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1996No. 95-2043PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Horwitz-Matthews, a developer, sued the City of Chicago for a declaration that the City had impaired the obligation of a contract between itself and the plaintiff in violation of the Constitution. The complaint contains a supplemental count, based on state law, for breach of contract. The district judge granted the City’s motion to dismiss the constitutional count for failure to state a claim, Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), and relinquished jurisdiction over the supplemental claim. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3). But he made the dismissal of the constitutional claim without…
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