ILLINOIS DUNESLAND PRESERVATION v. ILLINOIS D.N.R.

No. 09-1535.

584 F.3d 719 (2009)

ILLINOIS DUNESLAND PRESERVATION SOCIETY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 2009.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Metzger (argued), Metzger & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul Berks (argued), Rachel J. Fleischmann, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Illinois Beach State Park is a large state park abutting Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois; it attracts upward of two million visitors in some years. The plaintiff, a nonprofit corporation that helped to create and continues to support the park, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against state officials involved in its management and the state agency that operates the park, charging infringement of free speech. The agency was properly...

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