EVANS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 91-3277.

10 F.3d 474 (1993)

Sylvia EVANS, Administrator of the Estate of Andrew Evans, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Cashion; Edward T. Stein (argued), Clifford Zimmerman; and Cecile Singer, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Ruth M. Moscovitch, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corp. Counsel (argued), Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Brian Trubitt and Benna R. Solomon, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, BAUER, CUDAHY, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Now 16 years old, this case is making its third appearance in this court—and the parties' current dispute arises out of the conflicting decisions of the first two panels. We meet in banc to consider whether a district court should require a unit of state or local government to abide by a consent decree that does not serve any federal interest. The answer is No, and the injunction based on the parties' agreement therefore must be...

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