COSGRIFF v. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

No. 17-1396.

876 F.3d 912 (2017)

Kelly J. COSGRIFF and Anita Cosgriff, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Jacob Lessmeister , Jimmy Samad , Attorneys, Lessmeister & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William Don Emmert , Attorney, Office of the State's Attorney of Winnebago County, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Winnebago County, Illinois.

William Bradley Oberts , Attorney, Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Charlotte A. Leclercq.

Stacy Kay Shelly , Troy A. Lundquist , Attorneys, Langhenry, Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson LLC, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Patricia J. Zintak, Joann Hawes.

William M. Goff , Attorney, Mateer Goff & Associates, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Kurlinkus Law, LLC.

Joel Matthew Leroy Huotari , Attorney, Williams & McCarthy, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee David J. Kurlinkus.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


A dog bit a Roscoe Township employee on Kelly and Anita Cosgriff's property. After the employee and the township sued the Cosgriffs, the Cosgriffs started a petition campaign encouraging taxpayers to notify the township that its employees should not trespass on private property.

The Cosgriffs' next property assessment...

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