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CAPRA v. COOK COUNTY BD. OF REVIEW

Nos. 12-2540, 12-2848, 12-3116.

733 F.3d 705 (2013)

Louis CAPRA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOK COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW et al., Defendants-Appellees. Satkar Hospitality, Inc. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Larry R. Rogers et al., Defendants, Cross-Appellees, and Cook County Board of Review et al., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Lubin , Attorney, R. Tamara De Silva , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joel D. Bertocchi , Attorney, Steven M. Puiszis , Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Karen Kies Degrand , Attorney, Richard H. Donohue , Attorney, Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

These appeals present issues concerning local taxpayers' ability to sue local tax officials for alleged federal constitutional violations. Both cases stem from news reports in 2009 claiming that then-Illinois State Representative Paul Froehlich had offered property tax reductions to his constituents and implying that he received campaign contributions and political support in exchange. The news reports claimed that Rep. Froehlich arranged...

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