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COLLINS v. COUNTY OF KENDALL, ILL.

No. 85-1947.

807 F.2d 95 (1986)

Sharon COLLINS, Frank Patroff and Sequoia Books, Inc., an Illinois corporation, d/b/a Denmark II, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF KENDALL, ILLINOIS, a body corporate and politic, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen A. Stanko, Reno O'Byrne & Kepley, P.C., Champaign, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James R. Schirott, Schirott & Assoc., P.C., Itasca, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, POSNER, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal dismissal, based on the Younger abstention doctrine, of their suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs claim that the district court erred in dismissing the case because their complaint alleged bad faith prosecution which is an exception to the Younger doctrine. We affirm.

I. FACTS

The plaintiffs — Sequoia Books, Inc., Frank Patroff, and Sharon Collins — are the...

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