HANANIA v. LOREN-MALTESE

No. 99-2862.

212 F.3d 353 (2000)

Ray HANANIA and Alison Resnick, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Betty LOREN-MALTESE, individually and in her official capacity as president of the Town of Cicero, Town of Cicero, The Cicero Town News, Cicero Town Republican Organization, The Cicero Observer, Board of Trustees Michael Frederick, Ruperto Alejandro, Moises Zayas, John Kociolko, Joseph Virruso, Richard Smetana, and Janet Porod, individually and in their official capacities, Jerome Torshen, and Torshen, Spreyer, Garmisa & Slobig, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Loevy (argued), Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

George W. Spellmire (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, John C. Everhardus, D'Ancona & Pflaum, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This case marks another chapter in the colorful history of Cicero, a western Chicago suburb where Al Capone once set up shop and where more recent political shenanigans have been keeping federal investigators and attorneys busy.

Leading off this tale's cast of characters is Betty Loren-Maltese, president since 1993 of the Town of Cicero and the widow of Frank Maltese, a prominent Cicero politician

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