STERLING v. VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD

No. 77-1632.

579 F.2d 1350 (1978)

Geraldine STERLING et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1978.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Burden, Maywood, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gordon V. Levine, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SPRECHER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and REYNOLDS, Chief District Judge.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the issue of what liability, if any, a municipality or its employees incur under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or the Fourteenth Amendment when employees of the municipality's water department terminate a tenant's water service at the request of the landlord and subsequently decline to reinstate service after the tenant promises to pay for future service and offers a deposit to guarantee such payment.

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