SUTTON v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 81-2518.

672 F.2d 644 (1982)

James SUTTON, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Hayes, Deputy City Atty., Linda Uliss Burke, Asst. City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for appellant.

Lawrence G. Albrecht, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., for appellee.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 24, 1982.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleges that various Wisconsin statutes and Milwaukee ordinances relating to the towing, storage, and disposal of abandoned cars and illegally parked cars violate the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district judge granted broad injunctive relief in favor of the class, 521 F.Supp...

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