Legal Opinion
Roger B. Wozniak and Shirley M. Wozniak v. County of Dupage
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 1988No. 87-1030PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Roger and Shirley Wozniak appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court ruled that the Woz-niaks were precluded from bringing their Section 1983 claim finding it was barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel principles. We affirm.
I
In July of 1979, Roger and Shirley Wozniak contracted to purchase a two-acre parcel of land on Grace Street near the Village of Lombard in unincorporated DuPage County. The Wozniaks intended to build a home on a site zoned for single-family residences.
On July 27,…
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