Legal Opinion
Estate of Himelstein v. City of Fort Wayne
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 1990No. 88-1667PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The Himelsteins sued the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, together with the members of the Fort Wayne Common Council, for the deprivation of their constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in connection with the Common Council’s decision to challenge the rezoning of the Himel-steins’ land. Magistrate Lee dismissed the Himelsteins’ claims on ripeness and legal sufficiency grounds. We affirm.
I. Facts
In January of 1981, the Fort Wayne Plan Commission presented a zoning petition to the Fort Wayne Common Council seeking to reclassify the Himelsteins’ property from a…
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