United States Seventh Circuit

Evidence that a city applied inconsistent permit and zoning requirements on plaintiff, and more favorable ones on a third party competitor, because plaintiff refused to pay-off defendant is sufficient to support an Equal Protection claim for a "class of one" plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/10/2001
• Decided 12/19/2001
• Published 12/19/2001

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Arthur L. Klein (submitted), Robert D. Butters, Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Mark H. Sterk (submitted), Odelson & Sterk, Evergreen Park, IL, Nicholas Geanopoulos, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.