Legal Opinion
Coyne-Delany Co. v. Capital Development Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 1983No. 83-1254PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The principal questions for decision are the extent of the district court’s power to deny damages to a defendant injured by the issuance of a preliminary injunction that is later reversed on appeal, and the proper standard for exercising that power.
The genesis of this case is an otherwise unrelated civil rights suit brought by inmates of the Illinois state prison at State-ville complaining about living conditions. A decree was entered requiring the prison to replace all of the plumbing fixtures in one of the prison’s cellhouses. The state’s Capital Development Board let…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Coyne-Delany Co., Inc. v. Capital Development Board of the State of Illinois, Defendant-Cross-Plaintiff-Appellant v. Hanover Insurance Company, Cross-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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