Legal Opinion
Nydia Tavarez and Manny Tavarez, D/B/A La Nydia Grocery v. Michael O'Malley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 1987No. 86-2501PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The proprietors of a grocery store in Schiller Park, a town in Cook County, Illinois, brought a damage suit under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, now 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the defendants — Cook County, and various employees of the county and of Schiller Park — had deprived them of property without due process of law. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants, 635 F.Supp. 1274 (N.D.Ill.1986), so we must construe the facts as favorably to the plaintiffs as the record will permit.
On November 21, 1983, a gas heater in the Tavarezes’…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by42 opinions
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