Edwards v. City of Quincy

The plaintiffs, William and Verlee Edwards, sued the defendants, the city of Quincy and city officials, to recover damages for alleged statutory and constitutional violations. Acting on the defendants’ motion to dismiss, the trial court held the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel along with the operation of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 85, par. 1 — 101 et seq.) barred the plaintiffs’ suit. The plaintiffs appeal, and we affirm. Because we decide that res judicata bars the plaintiffs’ suit, we need not address the…