Catoor v. Blair

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This cause comes on a hearing before a three-judge district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284. The action challenges the constitutionality of the Illinois tax deed statute, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 120, §§ 697 through 756, seeking declaratory, injunctive, and other appropriate relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1988. Jurisdiction is founded upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343.

Plaintiffs represent the class of all persons against whom a tax deed has been issued or against whom is pending a petition for issuance of a tax deed in an Illinois court. They allege that…