Legal Opinion
Nance B. Hinman, Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated v. Lincoln Towing Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 1985No. 84-2628PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
This litigation hinges on whether a commercial relocator’s retention of a trespassing vehicle — removed from private property pursuant to a request from or contract with a private landowner — until it receives a money payment from the vehicle’s owner, as permitted by Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 95V2 ¶ 18a-501 (1983), constitutes an act properly attributable to the State of Illinois. The district court found no state action and dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which it could grant relief. We affirm.
According to her complaint, the allegations of which we…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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