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MAPLE LANES, INC. v. MESSER

No. 98-4158.

186 F.3d 823 (1999)

MAPLE LANES, INC., d/b/a Frankie's and Kenneth J. George, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mel MESSER, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Ogle County and Ogle County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene Hernandez (argued), Belvidere, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Dennis K. Sheehan (argued), Norton, Mancini, Argentati, Weiler & Deano, Wheaton, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

On May 9, 1996, Mel Messer, Sheriff of Ogle County, Illinois, issued the following statement to the Rochelle News-Leader, a local newspaper: "We are targeting businesses that supplement their income with cocaine and drug sales, just like we did with Frankie's in Rochelle." The newspaper published this statement, and shortly thereafter the city of Rochelle revoked the liquor license held by Maple Lanes, Inc., d/b/a Frankie's. In response...

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