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SEGNI v. COMMERCIAL OFFICE OF SPAIN

Nos. 87-1154, 87-1258.

816 F.2d 344 (1987)

Enrique SEGNI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMERCIAL OFFICE OF SPAIN, Defendant-Appellant. J. Fred CREEK and Terracom Development Group, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Shell Development Corporation, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VILLAGE OF WESTHAVEN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin P. Auwarter, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Michael Jay Singer, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Richard J. Witry, McCarthy Duffy, Neidhart & Snakard, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We have raised on our own initiative the question whether to dismiss these two cases, which present related questions of our appellate jurisdiction.

Creek. This is a suit charging violations of the plaintiffs' civil rights. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that their conduct enjoys an "absolute immunity" by virtue of the guarantee in the First Amendment of the right to petition government for redress...

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