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RIVER PARK, INC. v. CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK

No. 93-3017.

23 F.3d 164 (1994)

RIVER PARK, INC., and Country Club Estates, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Slater (argued), Mitchell H. Macknin, Robert D. Cheifetz, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen R. Swofford, Thomas S. Malciauskas, Donald L. Mrozek, Hinshaw & Culbertson, William R. Quinlan (argued), Michael K. Bartosz, Pope, Cahill & Devine, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges, and McDADE, District Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Federal courts are not boards of zoning appeals. This message, oft-repeated, has not penetrated the consciousness of property owners who believe that federal judges are more hospitable to their claims than are state judges. Why they should believe this we haven't a clue; none has ever prevailed in this circuit, but state courts often afford relief on facts that do not support a federal claim. Is it that they have omitted the steps necessary...

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