Legal Opinion
Evans v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 15, 1980No. 77 C 4119, 79 C 1939 and 79 C 2493PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought these § 1983 actions against the City of Chicago challenging the City’s practice of delaying the payment of judgments obtained against it. 1 Plaintiffs in Evans and Balark are original judgment 2 holders — -that is, they have not assigned their judgments or obtained them by assignment — whereas plaintiff in Collum is an assignor — that is, he assigned his judgment at a discount. On May 1, 1979, we held that the complaint in the Evans case stated a cause of action under § 1983 and on January 2, 1980, certified a class. Defendants…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sandra KOLAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF SANGAMON OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Sylvia Evans v. City of Chicago, Bertha Balark v. City of Chicago, Curtis Collum, Cross-Appellants v. City of Chicago, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Evans v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- United Independent Flight Officers, Inc. v. United Air Lines, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- Dillee v. Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word Health Care System, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1995
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