Legal Opinion
City of Joliet, Ill. v. New West, LP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 9, 2009No. 08-3032, 08-3033PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
For several years the City of Joliet, Illinois, has been trying to acquire the Evergreen Terrace apartment complex, which the City believes is so run-down that it constitutes a public nuisance. After the City commenced eminent domain proceedings in state court, New West, a partnership that owns the complex, removed the proceeding to federal court and filed a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking an injunction and damages. The district court put the condemnation on ice and dismissed the § 1983 action — erroneously, we held in New West, L.P. v. Joliet, 491 F.3d 717 (7th…
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