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PITTS v. CITY OF KANKAKEE, ILL.

No. 00-3889.

267 F.3d 592 (2001)

Michael PITTS and Charles Lawson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 2001.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Kurnik (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Charles E. Ruch, Jr. (argued), Bourbonnais, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before DIANE P. WOOD, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 18, 2001.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Like the plaintiff in Albiero v. City of Kankakee, 246 F.3d 927 (7th Cir.2001), Michael Pitts and Charles Lawson brought a suit under the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the City of Kankakee's placement of "slum" signs on certain properties. There, however, the similarity between these two cases ends...

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