Legal Opinion
Sylvia Evans, Administrator of the Estate of Andrew Evans v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 24, 1993No. 91-3277PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Now 16 years old, this case is making its third appearance in this court — and the parties’ current dispute arises out of the conflicting decisions of the first two panels. We meet in banc to consider whether a district court should require a unit of state or local government to abide by a consent decree that does not serve any federal interest. The answer is No, and the injunction based on the parties’ agreement therefore must be vacated.
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During the late 1970s and eai’ly 1980s, the rate of interest Chicago paid on judgments (6% per annum for municipal governments,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by87 opinions
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