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THORNTON v. BARNES

No. 88-2464.

890 F.2d 1380 (1989)

Victor THORNTON, William Washington, Elizabeth Williamson, Individually and in their capacity as Members of the Board of the Gary Municipal Airport Authority District a/k/a The Gary Regional Airport Authority District, and The Gary Municipal Airport Authority District, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Thomas V. BARNES, personally and in his capacity as Mayor, City of Gary, Indiana, and City of Gary, Indiana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Daronatsy, Gary, Ind., Douglas M. Grimes, Gary, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gilbert King, Jr., Robert D. Rucker, Corp. Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel, MacArthur Drake, Cora M. Vaughn, Vaughn and Associates, Gary, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction. The district court granted relief to the plaintiffs on the basis that, as board members of the Gary Municipal Airport Authority District, they have a property interest protected by the fourteenth amendment. The City of Gary, Indiana and Mayor Thomas V. Barnes appeal the district court's determination. We reverse the decision of the district court on...

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