DESPAIN v. CITY OF COLLINSVILLE

No. 5-07-0300.

888 N.E.2d 163 (2008)

Robert DESPAIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF COLLINSVILLE, Stan Schaeffer, Mayor, Fred Dalton, Diane Meyer, and Michael Bartsch, as Individuals and Collectively as Councilmen Comprising 4/5ths of the City Council, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis L. Blood, Collinsville, IL, for Appellant.

Steven C. Giacoletto, Giacoletto Law Office, P.C., Collinsville, IL, for Appellees.


Justice WEXSTTEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Robert DesPain, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Madison County granting a partial summary judgment in favor of the defendants, the City of Collinsville, Collinsville Mayor Stan Schaeffer, and Collinsville City Council members Fred Dalton, Diane Meyer, and Michael Bartsch. For the reasons that follow, we reverse in part and affirm in part.

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