Legal Opinion
Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society v. Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 14, 2009No. 09-1535PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Illinois Beach State Park is a large state park abutting Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois; it attracts upward of two million visitors in some years. The plaintiff, a nonprofit corporation that helped to create and continues to support the park, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against state officials involved in its management and the state agency that operates the park, charging infringement of free speech. The agency was properly dismissed because states are not “persons” within the meaning of section 1983 and so cannot be sued under that section. Will v.…
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