Legal Opinion
Sylvia Evans v. City of Chicago, Bertha Balark v. City of Chicago, Curtis Collum, Cross-Appellants v. City of Chicago, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 1989No. 87-3006, 87-3085PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This is a consolidated class action suit that has been in the courts for nearly a decade. The three plaintiff classes sued the City of Chicago under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the City’s delay in paying tort judgment claimants violated their civil rights. This court originally dealt with this case over six years ago. Evans v. City of Chicago, 689 F.2d 1286 (7th Cir.1982) ("Evans I”). There we affirmed the district court’s finding that Chicago’s practice was unconstitutional. The case was remanded to the district court to sort out the question of damages…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States Railroad Retirement Board v. FritzSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- Sylvia Evans, Administrator of the Estate of Andrew Evans v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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