J. Fred CREEK, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
VILLAGE OF WESTHAVEN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 7, 1995.
Decided March 19, 1996.
Rehearing Denied April 26, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Warren S. Radler, Steven R. Merican (argued), Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Chicago, IL, for J. Fred Creek.
Charles E. Hervas (argued), James G. Sotos, Michael W. Condon, Michael D. Bersani, Hervas, Sotos & Condon, Itasca, IL, Burton S. Odelson, Mark H. Sterk, Odelson & Sterk, Evergreen Park, IL, James J. Roche, Roche & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Village of Westhaven.
Charles E. Hervas, James G. Sotos, Michael W. Condon, Michael D. Bersani, Hervas, Sotos & Condon, Itasca, IL, Burton S. Odelson, Mark H. Sterk, Odelson & Sterk, Evergreen Park, IL, for James P. O'Brien, Lorin Schab, James Graves, James Surdyk, William Rulien, Charles Kidd, Patrick Burke, Eric Conors, Daniel Majewski, Barry Jones, Charles Thompson.
Russell J. Hoover, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Hugh C. Griffin, Richard F. Johnson, Daniel J. Zollner (argued), Leslie J. Rosen, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Village of Orland Park.
Richard T. Wimmer, Dennis G. Walsh, (argued), Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Chicago, IL, Edward A. McCarthy, Matyas & Norris, Chicago, IL, for Orland Park School Dist. No. 135.
Hugh C. Griffin, Richard F. Johnson, Daniel J. Zollner, Leslie J. Rosen, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Orland Fire Protection Dist.
Charles E. Hervas, James G. Sotos, Michael W. Condon, Michael D. Bersani, Hervas, Sotos & Condon, Itasca, IL, Mark H. Sterk, Odelson & Sterk, Evergreen Park, IL, for John Arenz, Gregory Wachowiak, Joan Frisk, Merril Singleterry, Rod Ohlrogge.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and SKINNER, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff in this unfortunately protracted, thirteen-year-old civil rights suit appeals from the dismissal of the suit on summary judgment. The parties have showered us with 198 pages of briefs, but the essential facts, duly simplified, and the legal issues, can be stated briefly. Creek, the plaintiff, is a real estate developer who wanted to build a 216-unit apartment complex in the Village of Westhaven, Illinois. Westhaven, now known as...
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