Legal Opinion
Edward Soldal and Mary Soldal, Individually and as Legal Guardians for Jimmy Soldal, Alena Soldal, Joseph Soldal and Jessie Soldal v. County of Cook
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1991No. 89-3631PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This matter is before us on the appeal of the plaintiffs, Edward Soldal and his family, from the dismissal of their civil rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The defendants are Cook County, Illinois; several officers of the Cook County sheriff’s office; Terrace Properties, which owns a trailer park in Elk Grove, Illinois; and Margaret Hale, the manager of the park, together with several other private individuals.
The Soldáis had rented a lot in the park as a site for their trailer home, in which they lived with their four…
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