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CONISTON CORP. v. VILLAGE OF HOFFMAN ESTATES

No. 87-1890.

844 F.2d 461 (1988)

CONISTON CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF HOFFMAN ESTATES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Grossi, Jr., Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard N. Williams, Hoffman Estates, Ill., David L. Ader, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Murphy & Cope, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs own a tract of several hundred acres of land, originally undeveloped, in the Village of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Their complaint, laid under the ubiquitous section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, charges that in turning down the site plan for a 17-acre parcel in the tract, the Village Board of Trustees and its members violated the Constitution and state law. The district court dismissed the complaint...

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