HILTON v. CITY OF WHEELING

No. 99-3727.

209 F.3d 1005 (2000)

Eyrle S. HILTON, IV, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WHEELING, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Grossman (argued), Dannen, Crane, Heyman & Simon, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark F. Smolens (argued), Flynn, Murphy & Ryan, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee City of Wheeling.

Richard T. Ryan, Mark F. Smolens, Flynn, Murphy & Ryan, Richard C. Jones, Jr., Jones & Jacobs, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees John Papadowski, Matthew Jenke, John Tevens and Jeremy Hoffman.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Eyrle Stuart Hilton, IV sued the Village of Wheeling (a Chicago suburb) and members of its police force (plus two social workers employed by the Village) for injunctive relief and damages, alleging violations of his constitutional rights to petition the government for redress of grievances and to enjoy the equal protection of the laws. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants.

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