Legal Opinion
Geraldine Sterling v. Village of Maywood
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 1978No. 77-1632PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the issue of what liability, if any, a municipality or its employees incur under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or the Fourteenth Amendment when employees of the municipality’s water department terminate a tenant’s water service at the request of the landlord and subsequently decline to reinstate service after the tenant promises to pay for future service and offers a deposit to guarantee such payment.
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Plaintiff is a mother of four minor children,1 and resides in the Village of May-wood, Illinois (Village). Defendants are the Village, itself; Mark Kitch, its…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Bell v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Hazel Golden v. City of Columbus Cheryl Roberto, Director of Public Utilities for the City of ColumbusCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Andrew Powe v. The City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Swietlowich v. County of BucksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Winston v. City of SyracuseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
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