Legal Opinion
Gregory A. Ahrensfeld and Mariluann H. Ahrensfeld, His Wife v. Donald Stephens
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 1975No. 75--1158PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal questions the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ constitutional attack on a municipality’s taking of their property by eminent domain because condemnation proceedings were pending in state court.
I
Plaintiffs are property owners in the Village of Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Defendants are the Village of Rosemont and the individual members of its board of trustees. The Village is a unit of local government possessing home rule powers under the constitution and laws of the State of Illinois.
On October 30, 1973, the Village,…
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