Legal Opinion
Thorncreek Apartments III, LLC v. Mick
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 2018No. 15-2295; 15-2303 & 16-3556; 15-2296; 15-2302 & 16-3555; 15-2298; 15-2304 & 16-3557PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals challenge various aspects of a judgment entered on a split jury verdict in a long-running dispute between the Village of Park Forest, Illinois, and Thorncreek Apartments, a large housing complex located in the Village. Thorncreek accused village officials of engaging in a campaign of regulatory harassment based on personal animus against its owner and because many of its residents are black. Thorncreek sued the Village and ten officials for compensatory and punitive damages under several federal and state civil-rights laws.
After a 13-day trial,…
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