Legal Opinion
Taake v. County of Monroe
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 2008No. 07-2620PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Gene Taake brought suit in federal district court, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in an attempt to force the County of Monroe into selling him a piece of land that Taake argues the County contractually agreed to sell him. Taake alleged a deprivation of his rights to procedural and substantive due process under the United States Constitution. See U.S. Const, amend. XIV. He also raised a state-law breach-of-contract claim, sought specific performance from the County, and requested a preliminary injunction. Because there is no basis for federal jurisdiction in this case, we vacate…
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