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CITY OF CLINTON, ILL. v. MOFFITT

No. 86-2024.

812 F.2d 341 (1987)

CITY OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene R. MOFFITT, Hoopeston I, and Travelers Indemnity Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Myers, Clinton, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kevin C. Travis, Griep & Swartzman, Kansas City, Mo., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The district court, rejecting a recommendation by the magistrate, granted summary judgment for the defendants in this breach of contract suit, and the plaintiff appeals. The basis of federal jurisdiction is diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The plaintiff, the City of Clinton, Illinois, is a municipal corporation of Illinois, and for diversity purposes a municipal corporation is treated just like a regular business corporation...

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