Legal Opinion
McDonough Associates, Incorpor v. Ann Schneider
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 2013No. 12-2702PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
This case presents an attempt by a state contractor, plaintiff McDonough Associates, Inc., to pursue what amounts to a breach of contract claim against the State of Illinois in federal court. Threatened with bankruptcy and collapse if it did not receive payments it contends were due from the state, McDonough presented the district court with a creative theory for relief under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Facing these exigencies, the district court entered a temporary restraining order (TRO) that effectively ordered state officials to pay…
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