BIENEMAN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 88-2399.

864 F.2d 463 (1988)

Lawrence C. BIENEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Karaganis, Karaganis & White, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Calvin Sawyier, Winston & Strawn, Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Noise from O'Hare Airport is the subject of this case. Lawrence C. Bieneman, who bought a parcel of land near O'Hare in 1967 and has become a frequent filer, commenced this suit as a class action on behalf of all other residents of northern Illinois adversely affected by noise.1 Bieneman contended that the City of Chicago (which operates O'Hare) and the airlines using O'Hare intentionally reduced the value of...

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