WOZNIAK v. DuPAGE COUNTY

No. 87-1030.

845 F.2d 677 (1988)

Roger B. WOZNIAK and Shirley M. Wozniak, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF DuPAGE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidi H. Katz, Fawell, James & Brooks, Naperville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James R. Schirott, James G. Sotos, Charles E. Hervas, Schirott & Assoc., P.C., Itasca, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and NOLAND, Senior District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Roger and Shirley Wozniak appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court ruled that the Wozniaks were precluded from bringing their Section 1983 claim finding it was barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel principles. We affirm.

I.

In July of 1979, Roger and Shirley Wozniak contracted to purchase a two-acre parcel of land on Grace Street near the...

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