Legal Opinion
James Sutton, Jr. v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1982No. 81-2518PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleges that various Wisconsin statutes and Milwaukee ordinances relating to the towing, storage, and disposal of abandoned cars and illegally parked cars violate the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district judge granted broad injunctive relief in favor of the class, 521 F.Supp. 733 (E.D.Wis.1981), and the city and state appeal. Because the appellants are no longer contesting the injunction insofar as it relates to abandoned cars, the only question on appeal is whether the judge should…
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