Legal Opinion
Gilbert Purze and Jerome Purze v. Village of Winthrop Harbor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 2002No. 00-4155PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Gilbert and Jerome Purze sued the Village of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois (“the Village”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the Village denied them equal protection of the laws by refusing to approve several preliminary plats of a subdivision plan. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the Village, finding that the Purzes failed to demonstrate that similarly-situated property owners were treated more favorably or to demonstrate that the Village acted out of ill will. We affirm.
I. History
Beginning in January 1998, Gilbert and Jerome Purze…
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