OLECH v. VILLAGE OF WILLOWBROOK

No. 98-2235.

160 F.3d 386 (1998)

Grace OLECH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF WILLOWBROOK, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Wimmer (argued), Downers Grove, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James L. DeAno (argued), Norton, Mancini, Argentati, Weiler & Deano, Wheaton, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

In Esmail v. Macrane, 53 F.3d 176 (7th Cir.1995), we held that the equal protection clause provides a remedy when "a powerful public official picked on a person out of sheer vindictiveness." Id. at 178. Although the clause is more commonly invoked on behalf of a person who either belongs to a vulnerable minority or is harmed by an irrational difference in treatment, it can also be invoked, we held...

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