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WASTE MGMT. OF WISCONSIN, INC. v. FOKAKIS

No. 79-1530.

614 F.2d 138 (1980)

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cynthia FOKAKIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Friebert, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

F. Thomas Creeron, III, Asst. Dane County Corp. Counsel, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, CUMMINGS, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The determinative issue on appeal, and one of first impression, is whether federal courts have jurisdiction to hear a corporation's collateral attack under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983,1 of its state court criminal conviction. In light of the procedural posture in which the case reaches us, we outline the pertinent facts below in the light most favorable to appellant Waste Management...

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