MUCKWAY v. CRAFT

No. 85-1281.

789 F.2d 517 (1986)

Norman MUCKWAY and Irene Muckway, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Vance CRAFT, Building Commissioner of LaPorte County, Indiana; James Blint, President; LaPorte County Plan Commission; LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals; Charles Ackerman; Kenneth Swanson; Charles Hendricks; Ned Kolb; Elvin Rogers; Robert Johnson; Lee H. Reinfurth; and William Campbell, Commissioners; the County of LaPorte, Indiana, and Turnpike Auto Wrecking, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Troy, Sneider & Troy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert M. Edwards, Jr., Jones, Benchain, Ford, Pankow & Lewis, South Bend, Ind., Martin W. Kus, Newby, Lewis, Jaminski & Jones, LaPorte, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 10, 1986.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Norman and Irene Muckway, appeal the district court's dismissal, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted in a federal court proceeding. Their complaint alleged that the defendants' failure to enforce a zoning ordinance denied them equal protection of the law. We affirm.

I.

According to the plaintiffs' complaint, the plaintiffs...

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