COZART v. WINFIELD

No. 81-2846.

687 F.2d 1058 (1982)

William COZART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arnold F. WINFIELD, Individually and in his capacity as Supervisor for Evanston Township, and Evanston Township, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Rose, Cook County Legal Asst., Evanston, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Jack M. Siegel, Jack M. Siegel & Assoc., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Judge George Leighton presiding. The order appealed from granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff's amended complaint in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The actions of the defendants in administering township General Assistance grants were alleged to have violated the plaintiff...

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