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COVINGTON COURT, LTD. v. VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK

No. 95-2229.

77 F.3d 177 (1996)

COVINGTON COURT, LIMITED, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, an Illinois Corporation, and William Bailes, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony G. Scariano (argued), Raymond A. Hauser, and Todd K. Hayden (argued), Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey Kehl, Robert C. Yelton, III, Robert J. Golden, Dowd & Dowd, Chicago, IL, Hugh C. Griffin, Daniel J. Zollner (argued), Leslie J. Rosen, and Robert J. Pugliese (argued), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

It is an old saw that all politics is local. Covington Court ("Covington") learned this lesson recently in the course of its plans to develop Whitehall Park, a 30 acre tract of land in Oak Brook, Illinois. This case involves Covington's attempt to convert a decidedly local issue into a constitutional takings claim. The district court dismissed the action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and Covington appeals. We affirm.<...

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