Thomas Simstad v. Gerald Scheub

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Tom and Marla Simstad are longtime developers in Lake County, Indiana. In late 2004, the Simstads began the process of seeking approval from the Lake County Plan Commission for a proposed subdivision project called Deer Ridge South. In late 2006, the. Commission approved the plans for the project. But this did not happen quickly enough to .satisfy the Sim-stads. They believed that approval was delayed, at great cost to themselves, because of their support in 1996 for commission member Gerald Scheub’s opponent in the County Commissioner primary race. They accordingly sued…