Legal Opinion
Sisters of Providence of St. Mary of Woods v. City of Evanston
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 28, 1971No. 71 C 1045PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MOTION TO DISMISS
MAROVITZ, District Judge.
This is a multi-faceted suit, involving several plaintiffs and plaintiff organizations who allege that their civil rights under various Federal Statutes and the Constitution of the United States have been violated and that the property rights guaranteed by the Constitutions of the United States and Illinois have been similarly violated. This suit is an outgrowth of the Evanston City Council’s refusal to rezone property in a white neighborhood from a lower density R5 zone permitting a maximum of 157 units to a higher R5A zone which…
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