Legal Opinion
Sylvia Cruz,plaintiffs-Appellees v. Town of Cicero, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 2001No. 00-3406, 01-2337PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Armando Gonzalez, Michael Adams, and Victor Satas were in the business of condominium conversions in Cicero, Illinois. In 1999, they suddenly encountered obstacles thrown in their path by the Town of Cicero. They believed that Cicero, through its president Betty Loren-Maltese, was applying the laws to them in an unconstitutional manner. Together with a number of other people, they sued the Town, claiming that it had violated their Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights, and a jury awarded them a verdict of $402,000. Cicero responded first with motions for a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by52 opinions
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