BURRELL v. CITY OF KANKAKEE

No. 85-3075.

815 F.2d 1127 (1987)

Louis D. BURRELL and E. Jean Burrell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF KANKAKEE, a municipal corporation, and Kankakee County Housing Authority, an Illinois municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. McClure, Elliott & McClure, Bourbonnais, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Vincent P. Paulauski, Bourbonnais, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, WOOD, Circuit Judge, and LEIGHTON, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, Louis Burrell and Jean Burrell, appeal from the district court's dismissal of their complaint alleging that defendants, the City of Kankakee ("City"), and the Kankakee County Housing Authority ("KCHA"), violated their federally-protected rights under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3604 and 3617, and their substantive due process rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. At the close...

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