FALLS v. TOWN OF DYER, IND.

No. 88-2467.

875 F.2d 146 (1989)

Phillip H. FALLS, doing business as Fast Lane Foods, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF DYER, INDIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Grady, Portage, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Elizabeth A. Brown, Judge & Knight, Park Ridge, Ill., defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Phillip Falls uses portable signs in front of his convenience store in Dyer, Indiana, and the Town repeatedly has cited him for violating its zoning ordinances. Falls, a scofflaw, believes that the Town turns a blind eye to his competitors' portable signs. He filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that the Town's enforcement of these concededly valid ordinances against his confessed...

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